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DOVER BOOKS ON ART INSTRUCTION AND ANATOMY
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
FOREWORD
Table of Contents
STEP ONE
PERSPECTIVE
THE HORIZON
THE VANISHING POINT
THE EYE-LEVEL
THE HORIZON AND THE EYE-LEVEL
STEP TWO
THE EYE-LEVEL IS ALWAYS REPRESENTED BY A STRAIGHT LINE
“THE EYE-LEVEL IS LEVEL WITH THE EYE”
THE HIGH-WATER MARK
IMPORTANCE OF THE EYE-LEVEL
STEP THREE
PARALLEL LINES AS WE SEE THEM
PARALLEL LINES AND ONE-POINT PERSPECTIVE
THE PICTURE PLANE
STEP FOUR
THE THREE SETS OF PARALLELS
LOCATING THE POINT AND THE EYE-LEVEL
FINDING VANISHING POINTS AND THE LINE OF VISION
STEP FIVE
THE TWO VANISHING POINTS
THE PERPENDICULAR LINES
STEP SIX
AVOIDING WARPED PERSPECTIVE
SPACING OF VANISHING POINTS
EXAMPLE OF VANISHING POINTS TOO CLOSELY SPACED: THE WRONG WAY
EXAMPLES OF VANISHING POINTS WIDELY SPACED: THE CORRECT WAY
STEP SEVEN
DIRECTIONS OF VANISHING POINTS
THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO POINTS
STEP EIGHT
BUILDING PERSPECTIVE
A CITY IN PERSPECTIVE
CHANGING THE EYE-LEVEL
STEP NINE
PLACING FIGURES ON THE STREET
A SHORT-CUT METHOD
AVOID CROWDING
STEP TEN
CENTER OF INTEREST
ROOFS
STEP ELEVEN
INTERIORS
STEP TWELVE
HOW TO FIND THE CENTER
THE USE OF DIAGONALS
SPACING IN PERSPECTIVE
STEP THIRTEEN
CYLINDERS IN PERSPECTIVE
DRAWING THE ELLIPSE FREEHAND
THREE MECHANICAL WAYS TO MAKE AN ELLIPSE
THE LONG AND SHORT AXIS
DRAWING A CYLINDER ON ITS SIDE
A CONE ON ITS SIDE
STEP FOURTEEN
DRAWING OBJECTS IN PERSPECTIVE
DRAWING AN OLD-FASHIONED AUTOMOBILE
PRACTICAL USES OF CYLINDERS
DIVIDING THE CIRCLE
STEP FIFTEEN
DIVIDING A SURFACE
DIVIDING A SURFACE IN PERSPECTIVE
WINDOWS OR COLUMNS
DRAWING A CHECKERBOARD
A CHECKERBOARD IN TWO-POINT PERSPECTIVE
PERSPECTIVE WHEN SPACING IS IRREGULAR
OTHER METHODS
STEP SIXTEEN
SHADE
SHADOW
PERSPECTIVE IN SHADOWS
CHANGING THE SHADOW SURFACE
LIGHT FROM A NEAR-BY SOURCE
THE SHADED SIDE
VARIETY OF A SHADOW
THE SHADOW OF A CONE
SUMMARY
STEP SEVENTEEN
REFLECTIONS
STEP EIGHTEEN
UP-AND-DOWN POINTS
PERSPECTIVE “LOOKING UP” AND “LOOKING DOWN”
STEP NINETEEN
LOOKING DOWNHILL
LOOKING UPHILL
PROBLEM
STEP TWENTY
MECHANICAL PERSPECTIVE
NOTE
ARCHITECT’S METHOD
SHORT CUTS
A CATALOG OF SELECTED DOVER BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS OF INTEREST
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