A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts ; with nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings (1888)
Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : C. Lockwood & Son · leaf 350
esents the level of the EYE OF the spectator IN RELATION TO THE OBJECT. If the object be lower than the eye of the spectator,as a stool or box placed on the ground, the top will beseen ; if above the eye, as a bird-cage suspended, theunderneath surface will be visible. When therefore itis required… … C I 2 3D Fig.131. The knowledge of the height of the object will nothowever be sufficient, for the view would of course bealtered according as it might be placed on the left orright side of the spectator. The representation is in thisrespect governed by the situation of the Point of Sight. The…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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