A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge (1598)
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo, 1538-1600, Haydock, Richard · Printed at Oxford : By Ioseph Barnes for R.H. · leaf 332
OF THE VERTVE OFPERSPECTIVE- CHJV II. … V c h is the vertuc of Perfpectiue,that whiles itimitateth the life , it caufeth a man to overfee andbee deceaved, by ihewing a fmall quantity in freed ofa great; the onely reafon whereof is, becaufe the eyeis never offended with feeing a natural! body in anieplace, whether aboue, belowe or elfe…
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