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Klappentext Perspective is easy; yet, surprisingly few artists know the simple rules that make it so. Remedy that situation with this simple, step-by-step book, the first devoted entirely to the topic. 256 illustrations. Inhaltsverzeichnis FOREWORDSTEP ONE The Horizon The Vanishing Point The Eye-LevelSTEP TWO The Eye-Level and Its Relationship to Perspective DrawingSTEP THREE Parallel lines as We Seem Them Parallel Lines Related to One-Point PerspectiveSTEP FOUR The Three Sets of Parallels Locating the Point and the Eye-LevelSTEP FIVE The Two Vanishing Points "The "Height" Lines"STEP SIX Placing the Two Vanishing Points The Error of Close SpacingSTEP SEVEN Showing How the Vanishing Points Move in Relationship to One AnotherSTEP EIGHT Building Perspective with BricksSTEP NINE Placing Figures and Objects in a DrawingSTEP TEN Center of Interest Changing the View Roofs in PerspectiveSTEP ELEVEN Interiors Placing of FurnitureSTEP TWELVE Finding the Center Dividing Spaces into Halves Practical ApplicationsSTEP THIRTEEN Cylinders in Perspective Drawing EllipsesSTEP FOURTEEN Practical Uses of Cylinders in Drawing Dividing the CircleSTEP FIFTEEN Dividing a Surface in Perspective Drawing a CheckerboardSTEP SIXTEEN Shade and ShadowSTEP SEVENTEEN ReflectionsSTEP EIGHTEEN Unusual Perspective Up-and-Down Points ExamplesSTEP NINETEEN Perspective Downhill Perspective Uphill The False Eye-LevelSTEP TWENTY Mechanical Perspective