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limestone ostracon depicting a cat, a boy, and a mouse magistrate

Leonardo da Vinci: Adoration of the Magi

Figure 1: Two techniques of representing an object. (A) Perspective drawing, suggesting that the object is cubical. (B) Orthographic top and front views, revealing that the object is not cubical.

Projective drawingThe sight lines drawn from the image in the reality plane (RP) to the artist's eye intersect the picture plane (PP) to form a projective, or perspective, drawing. The horizontal line drawn parallel to PP corresponds to the horizon. Early perspective experimenters sometimes used translucent paper or glass for the picture plane, which they drew on while looking through a small hole to keep their focus steady.

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limestone ostracon depicting a cat, a boy, and a mouse magistrate

limestone ostracon depicting a cat, a boy, and a mouse magistrate

Limestone ostracon with a drawing of a cat bringing a boy before a mouse magistrate,...

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Leonardo da Vinci: Adoration of the Magi

Leonardo da Vinci: Adoration of the Magi

Linear perspective study for the Adoration of the Magi, silverpoint, pen,...

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Figure 1: Two techniques of representing an object. (A) Perspective drawing, suggesting that the object is cubical. (B) Orthographic top and front views, revealing that the object is not cubical.

Figure 1: Two techniques of representing an object. (A) Perspective drawing,...

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Projective drawingThe sight lines drawn from the image in the reality plane (RP) to the artist's eye intersect the picture plane (PP) to form a projective, or perspective, drawing. The horizontal line drawn parallel to PP corresponds to the horizon. Early perspective experimenters sometimes used translucent paper or glass for the picture plane, which they drew on while looking through a small hole to keep their focus steady.

Projective drawingThe sight lines...

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