Perspective, Continued
General
principles of
perspective
(Continued)
THE OBJECT BEING VIEWED: The object being viewed is the object that
attracts the observer’s eye. With rare exceptions, the object being viewed
An object placed above the horizon
appears behind the plane of projection.
line appears as if seen from below. An object placed below the horizon line
appears as if seen from above.
Figure 5-3 shows a cube on, above, and below the horizon line as viewed
from the same station point.
Figure 5-3.—Perspective changes as position relative to the horizon line
changes.
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