Perspective, or, The art of drawing what one sees : explained and adapted to the use of those sketching from nature (1872)
Collins, W. H. (William Henry) · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 32
14 PERSPECTIVE DRAWINO. get a picture, but it would be as big as the house itself. And consequently before it could be shown on paper it would have to be reduced and drawn by scale, say yV*^h or quently in a railway station one sees pictures of this kind. They are generally very formal and very… … It will be well to compare these two kinds of drawings, that their differences maybe noticed. It will be seen that in the perspective drawing the size is much reduced, whereas in the ortho¬ graphic it is the same size as the original. It will also be noticed that no matter where the plane of the…
Perspective · Drawing
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