Freehand perspective and sketching; principles and methods of expression in the pictorial representation of common objects, interiors, buildings and landscapes (1916)
Norton, Dora Miriam · Brooklyn : The author · leaf 34
the part in front, producing the symmetry which isthe wonderful and unfailing characteristic of the ellipse. Since the inner circle is smaller, the eye can see farther roundit, as shown in Fig. 23. This furnishes another reason for its longdiameter falling farther back, and agrees with the fact… … FREEHAND PERSPECTIVE
Drawing · Perspective
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-394-273.webp)
