Volume Volume1\Intro to the Book on Painting
Entry# 14. The plan of the book on Painting (14--17).
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ON THE THREE BRANCHES OF PERSPECTIVE.
There are three branches of perspective; the first deals with the
reasons of the (apparent) diminution of objects as they recede from
the eye, and is known as Diminishing Perspective.--The second
contains the way in which colours vary as they recede from the eye.
The third and last is concerned with the explanation of how the
objects in a picture ought to be less finished in proportion as
they are remote (and the names are as follows):
Linear Perspective. The Perspective of Colour. The Perspective of
Disappearance.
Footnote: 13. From the character of the handwriting I infer that
this passage was written before the year 1490. .
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