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The elements of perspective : arranged for the use of schools and intended to be read in connexion with the first three books of Euclid

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · 1859 · London : Smith, Elder · 26 pictures

John Ruskin's 1859 Elements of Perspective, published in London by Smith, Elder, is a schoolbook teaching perspective alongside the first three books of Euclid. The pictures are plain line diagrams of vanishing points, orthogonals and cubes constructed with ruled lines and lettered corners, which a designer could use as clear geometric reference for grids, receding space and layout construction.

Perspective

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