A new manual of perspective: containing remarks on the theory of the art, and its practical application in the procudtion of drawings ... Illustrated by numerous engravings (1849)
Whittock, Nathaniel · London, A. Hall & Co. · leaf 108
ty of placing this line greatly above orbelow the height of a man, is clearly seen:if drawn too high, the furniture would look asif placed on an inclined plane; and if too low,the objects would all appear to be falling down. MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. 105 Operation 23. -Square monument, surmounteda… … perpendicular lines of the proper height raisedfrom the angles. As the spectator is supposedto be standing opposite the angle, he can seetwo sides of the monument. The point of 106 MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. sight is in the centre of the picture, but is ofcourse hid by the subject. The points of…
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