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Proserpina ; also, Ariadne florentina ; The opening of the Crystal Palace ; St. Mark's rest ; Lectures on art ; The elements of perspective (1890)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Ariadne Florentina, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Opening of the Crystal Palace, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. St. Mark's rest, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Lectures on art, Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. Elements of perspective · Boston : Aldine Book Pub. · leaf 824

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he most part, be more rather than less ; but, as I have just stated, this is quite arbitrary. However, in this figure, as an approximation to a generally advisable distance, I make the distance s t equal to the diameter of the circle n o p q. Now, having fixed this distance, s t, all the dimensions… … E A Fig. 2. of it, edgeways ; let s be the Sight-point ; s t the Station-line, which, in this figure, observe, is in its true position, drawn out from the paper, not down upon it ; and t the Station- point.

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