A guide to pictorial perspective : with numerous illustrations (1851)
Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808-1876 · London : George Rowney and Co. · leaf 60
ariation is very trifling when the figure isnear the eye, as in the example, but becomes considerablewhen the arch is much elevated and seen sideways. Thefan-light of a door, shewn in the outline {Jig. 3) to the rightof the Bridge, presents a familiar illustration of this effectof the arch; the… … i I I ARCHES. 37 Pointed arches, so frequently to be met with in thebeautiful remains of this country, offer excellent studiesfor the pencil, but are among the most difficult of execu-tion, owing to their exquisite symmetry of form. For thesearches however, no aid can be derived from the figure…
