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Imitative art;, or, The means of representing the pictorial appearances of objects, as governed by aerial and linear perspective: : being a manual of details, for the amateur sketcher and the man of business, with a chapter on finish. (1840)

Howard, Frank, 1805-1866, Darton & Clark, publisher, J. Green and Co., printer · London : Darton and Clark, Holborn Hill. · leaf 107

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89 TREES. spectator, the cross lines must curve under * If … branches project laterally, the lines must be nearly straight, and as the branches turn to or from the spectator, become more or less curved in pro- portion to the form of the branch. (Plate 3, fig. 9.) If the stems are corrugated or ribbed, these cross lines may be made to indicate the character…

Drawing · Perspective · Shades and shadows · Surfaces · Drapery in art · Projection

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