On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 401
en he is stationed on the level part of a road, asis the small figure B, diagram 5, the plane of the otherpart of it, which descends rapidly, is nearly on a levelwith his eye, and appears, consequently, extremely fore-shortened, as is shewn by the very small angle which theinclined portion of the… … * The increased convergence of the lines of an inclined road relatively tothe lines of a flat road, is proportionate to the greater proximity of the eyeof the observer to the latter, in a direction perpendicular to its plane. DECLIVITIES. 353 One of the characteristics of a descent is, that thesame…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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