A treatise on painting : In four parts ... The whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools (1837)
Burnet, John, 1784-1868 · London : James Carpenter · leaf 28
ngto rule, appear false, with regard to their effect upon the eye *of thespectator. This is termed violent or sudden perspective, to avoid whicha point of distance is chosen that will look agreeable. The breadth of thesquares being determined by the diagonal line running to the point ofdistance… … Point ofdistance. ANGLES. What we have hitherto said more immediately applies to parallel perspec-tive ; so named from all the lines which intersect those running to the pointof sight, being parallel with the base line. When, however, a square, orany cubical form, is viewed at the angle, the two…
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