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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 90

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ontal, or inclined. If the first, it will resemble the shape of the object, but elongated in the direction of the light. If the second, it will be of depressed shape, about the same length, but much nari’ower than the object by which it is thrown. And if the last, it will most nearly resemble the… … horizontal surface, and near to, but not in contact with a vertical surface, as a wall, the cast shadow will proceed in a diagonal line, inclining upwards

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

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