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 896
m THE ELEMENTS OF PERSPECTIVE. Join e d, and produce it to cut the sight-line in v'. Then, since the point e is vertically under the point b, the horizontal line e d is vertically under the inclined line b d. So that if we now let fall the vertical v' p from v', and produce B … n mm Fig. 73. b d to cut v' p in p, the point p will be the vanishing-point of b d, and of all lines parallel to it.* * The student may perhaps understand this construction better by completing the rectangle A D F E, drawing D F to the vanishing-point of A E, and E F to v. The whole figure, B F,…
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