Essentials of Perspective: With Illustrations Drawn by the Author (1887)
Miller, Leslie William, 1848-1931 · New York: C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 86
arallel to the line itself. Notice, also, that what is true of the horizontal line in this illustration is just as true of the vertical 76 ESSENTIALS OF PERSPECTIVE. one in Fig. 93. Notice, also, in both of these, as well as in the one which follows, Fig. 94, how well thecharacter of the surface on… … Fig- 94- Fig. 96. What was just noted about lines is manifestly just as true of shapes, and our first rule may readily bemade to read as follows : The shadow of any plane figure on a surface to which it is parallel is a similar figure. SHADOWS. 77 Where the shadow is cast by sunlight, it is not…
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