The genesis of art-form; an essay in comparative æsthetics showing the identity of the sources, methods, and effects of composition in music, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture (1893)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 181
ct that an object in the extreme distance is alwaysrelated to an object nearer us in such a way that, if therewere parallel lines drawn between the two, and extendedfar enough into space, such lines would meet in the dis-tance and form a point. For instance, to one lookingdown a long street, or the… … 158 THE GENESIS OF ART-FORM. though not actually meeting, suggest that they wouldmeet, could a man see far enough. The point where,if extended, they would meet, is what the painter callsthe vanishing point, and if he wishes to be mathemat-ically exact in determining the sizes of his figures as…
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