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 65
62 MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. desert and the sky seem to meet together.In this case the plane of the picture would betoo confined to allow him to see objects dis-tinctly. In the next sketch (Fig. 43) the man is stand-ing up, looking towards the sea. This is the Fig. 43. … natural horizon. If the spectator is standingon level ground, all the objects on the groundplane are seen distinctly, and sufficient space isallowed for detail, and light and shade. Theperspective of a picture will show to thegreatest advantage under and above the naturalhorizon, which, as will be…
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