On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 483
e position of the large figurereflected in the glass, as well as that of the small image).It will be seen by Fig. 23, how a slight inclination of theglass forwards, amounting to only 16°, produces a consi-derable slant in the appearance of the figure reflected, aswell as of the walls of the room.… … The fig^ire, being situated between tlii^ observer and the mirror, its reflection isseciiprofile. The inclination of the reflected image forward is equal to twicethat of the mirror. lil-.ri.r.CIION IN IJ.ANT, .MIHKOHS. 4^.1 An inclination of the mirror upwards, to tbc same amount,l)r()(luces…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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