Proportion and harmony of line and color in painting, sculpture, and architecture; an essay in comparative aesthetics (1909)
Raymond, George Lansing, 1839-1929 · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 63
an sometimes see in them an image of the externalworld as perfect as a reflection in a mirror. A cameraand an eye, says Le Conte in his Sight, are bothcontrived for the same purpose, viz., the formation of aperfect image on a screen properly placed. Look intothe camera from behind, and we see the… … FIQ. 4.—ILLUSTRATION OF THE FORMATION OF AN IMAGE ON THE RETINA.See pages 22, 23, 234. to the light only in front, to admit the light from the ob-ject to be imaged. It is coated inside with lamp-black, sothat any light from the object to be imaged, or from otherobjects, which may fall on the sides…
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