On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 479
as compared witli thescene reflected ; the various objects appearing to beremoved from a near position to a more distant one.This does not prevent the perspective principle whichgoverns the real subject, from prevailing in the re-flection ; as will at once become obvious by a glanceat any upright… … The object has been moved toward the observer; the distanceof the mirror being the same as in Fis;. 18. RKFI,F.CTION IN !•[, \Nr, MllUiOItS. KSl In the first instance, an observer who faces the end of aroom, obtains, by simply turning his head to the ri<rhtor to the left, a front view of the…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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