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 58
44 CAST SHADOWS. with the distance of the object intercepting the light : being strongest when the object is near, and more feeble when the object is far off. The size of these shadows depends upon the size and situation of the luminary in relation to the object intercepting the light. If the light… … recedes from the object casting it, or as the object upon which it is thrown becomes more distant from the object which intercepts the light. While, on the other hand, if the luminary be large
Drawing · Perspective · Shades and shadows · Surfaces · Drapery in art · Projection
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