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HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO AND MELBOURNE
THE
THEORY AND PRACTICE
OF PERSPECTIVE
BY
G. A. STOREY, A.R.A.
TEACHER OF PERSPECTIVE AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY
‘QUÎ FIT?’
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
1910
OXFORD
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
BY HORACE HART, M.A.
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY
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DEDICATED
TO
SIR EDWARD J. POYNTER
BARONET
PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY
IN TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP
AND REGARD
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PREFACE
It is much easier to understand andremember a thing when a reason is given for it, than when we are merelyshown how to do it without being told why it is so done; for in thelatter case, instead of being assisted by reason, our real help in allstudy, we have to rely upon memory or our power of imitation, and to dosimply as we are told without thinking about it. The consequence is thatat the very first difficulty we are left to flounder about in the dark,or to remain inactive till the master comes to our assistance.
Now in this book it is proposed to enlist the reasoning faculty fromthe very first: to let one problem grow out of another and to bedependent on the foregoing, as in geometry, and so to explain each thingwe do that there shall be no doubt in the mind as to the correctness ofthe proceeding. The student will thus gain the power of finding out anynew problem for himself, and will therefore acquire a true knowledge ofperspective.
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CONTENTS
| BOOK I | ||
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The Necessity of the Study of Perspective To Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects | 1 | |
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