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Chapman, J.G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889. / The American drawing-book: a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist: especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction.
(1870 [1873 printing])
Chapter VI. Perspective--its principles, rules, and practical application., pp. 125-168
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CHAPTER VI.
PERSPECTIVE-ITS PRINCIPLf~S, RULES, AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONM
~>~2) ERSPECTIVE is an art
which de-
velops the principles, and
fixes, by established
and certain rules, the practical
methods
of representation of that diminution
of ob-
jects to the eye, in proportion as they
are more or
less remote from the observer, which
is so evident
to all-an art, without which the draughtsman
must
for ever wander in uncertainty and error,
while in
its knowledge he secures a faithful
and unerring
guide. To all, whose occupations may
be in any
w~y connected with design, it is as important an auxiliary as to the artist
it is indispensable.
Apart from its importance in a practical view, its knowledge may justly
be regarded as worthy
of high consideration in the purposes of general education; for, surely,
the design of education
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