On the philosophy of painting: a theoretical and practical treatise.. (1849)
Twining, Henry · London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · leaf 468
, its realwidth being the same as that of the arch throughout.If we could suppose a door to be adjusted to one of theside arches in the diagram, and to be left partly open,the surface or plane of the door would be still more con-tracted, or perhaps disappear entirely; and yet itsshadow, as… … 418 PERSPECTIVE OF REFLECTIONS. body which intercepts the light, from that over whichits shadow extends. The guide-post, Fig. 13, p. 399,has been chosen as a fit illustration of the effectswhich are due to perspective associated with other prin-ciples. The great dissimilarity of the kind of…
Painting · Aesthetics · Perspective
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