On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 441
elations in therespective directions of both cause the form of theshadow thus projected to appear twisted or distorted.On these half-oblique surfaces the eye cannot satis-factorily trace and follow out the connection betweenthe boundary-line of the shadow and that of the ob-ject ; nevertheless, a… … DISTOKTED SHADOWS. 393 OH the surface of the inclined stone, does not appear toexpiess the direction of the rays of light so completeKas the short part of the shadow which extends on thelevel ground at o, from the foot of the upright stone ;and yet it does not appear quite conformahle to theupright…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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