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Temple of Augustus - Pula, Croatia
This is drawn in 2-point perspective, which is a great framework for providing depth and the illusion of a 3D object. It uses two vanishing points on the horizon line, with all lines parallel to the viewer's line of sight converging towards these points.
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ch.illustratesinstagram.comIn a larger sense, Leonardo’s maps are another example of one of his greatest, though underappreciated, innovations: devising new methods for the visual display of information. In his illustrations for Pacioli’s book on geometry, Leonardo was able to show models of a variety of polyhedrons that were perfectly shaded to look three-dimensional. In hi
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