Second grade perspective, (theory and practice) : specially prepared for the use of art students (1893)
Dennis, H. J · London : Baillière, Tindall, and Cox · leaf 20
11 know the distance of the eye from the picture-plane, the height of the eye the eye with the directing-line ; for if a semicircle be described from the above the ground-plane, the actual dimensions of such object, and its posi- eye as centre, it will contain 180 degrees, and if 60 degrees be cut… … METHOD OF PREPARING THE PICTURE-PLANE. Let the spectator’s eye (station point) be 12’ in front of the picture. plane and 5’ above the ground-plane. (Scale }” to 1.) either side of the eye with the directing-line, an arc of 60 degrees will re- In the practice of perspective the picture-plane is…
Perspective
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