Two figures in a plane are perspective from a point O if the lines joining corresponding points of the figures all meet at O

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Tab. 17. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

John Locke: frontal view of bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Tab. 15. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

A woman looking through a level and holding a ruler and compasses, standing in front of a grid; representing perspective. Engraving by E. Delaune, ca. 1560.

John Locke: left profile of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

Tab. 10. Woodcut diagram. La perspective curieuse...1663.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].

Perspective

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A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Samvelis Marolois ... Mathematicvm opvs absolvtissimvm: continens geometriae, fortificationis, architecturæ, et perspectivae theoreticae ac practicae regulas, demonstrationes, et figuras perfectissimas / [Samuel Marolois].

L'hypothèse d'Oxford : essai sur les origines de la perspective / Dominique Raynaud.

John Locke: perspective of a bust. Drawing, c. 1789, after D.N. Chodowiecki.

The elements of optics. In four books. Book I. Simple optics, or direct vision. Book II. Catoptrics, or reflected vision. Book III. Dioptrics, or refracted vision. Book IV. The construction of optical instruments / [William Emerson].

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