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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 59

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CAST SHADOWS. 45 in proportion to the object casting the shadow, it will diminish as it recedes, and will only affect objects within a certain distance. If the light be high above the object the cast shadow will be short ; If low, as at sun-set, the shadows will be long. … Cast shadow^s occasioned by solid and opaque bodies, are stronger than incidental shadow^s, unless they are so extensive as to be greatly acted upon by reflection. And they are rendered still more so in appearance, by their vivid contrast wdth the light ; the darkest part of the cast shadow being…

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

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