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 69
TheArabs that are marching one after the other, allhave their heads the same height: so have therest of the figures. If this rule is observed,figures may be placed at any distance withoutappearing to walk over the heads of othersin the foreground, which they invariably do inold street views, or… … by objects being placed on an eminence. Inthe above diagram, the horizontal line will MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. 67 be seen to be the height of the figure in thedistance as well as of that nearest the eye.The cottage on the left of the picture is stand-ing on the ground plane; the lines all…
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