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 46
32 LIGHTS AND SHADOWS. / … eye : and as the upper surface will in the natu- ral course receive the most light, it vAll generally be best to give that the advantage over the front in a slight degree. On the other hand, if the upper surface of the object be nearly as high as the eye of the spectator, it will recede more…
Drawing · Perspective · Shades and shadows · Surfaces · Drapery in art · Projection
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