Project Gutenberg 2019-11-30 Public domain in the USA. 165 Ruskin, John 1819 1900 Ruskin, J. (John) The Elements of Perspective arranged for the use of schools and intended to be read in connection with the first three books of Euclid Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Elements of Perspective" by John Ruskin is a mathematical treatise focused on the principles of perspective drawing, likely written in the mid-19th century. This work is structured for educational purposes, specifically arranged for students of drawing to understand the laws governing perspective, often in conjunction with Euclidean geometry. The text aims to simplify complex concepts of perspective into a format that is more accessible for learners while retaining mathematical accuracy. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the fundamental principles of perspective through practical exercises and visualizations. Ruskin suggests starting the study by observing the world through a window, emphasizing that perspective relies heavily on the fixed position of the observer's eye. He explains crucial concepts such as the significance of maintaining a stable viewpoint while drawing and highlights how distance affects the appearance of objects. The initial section sets the stage for the problems and mathematical constructions that follow, establishing the foundational understanding that students will need to tackle more complex perspective issues later in the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Perspective NC Text Category: Mathematics Category: Art Category: Teaching & Education 270300 2025-06-24T08:24:31.440825 text/html 245377 2024-10-17T15:00:05 text/html 1492088 2025-06-24T08:24:45.400886 application/epub+zip 1494918 2025-06-24T08:24:36.302860 application/epub+zip 134090 2025-06-24T08:24:32.836890 application/epub+zip 1582819 2025-06-24T08:24:50.549773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1389790 2025-06-24T08:24:42.161833 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194986 2022-09-27T13:33:11.115939 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144931 2025-06-24T08:24:29.695875 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125081 2024-10-17T15:00:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16239 2025-06-24T08:24:50.739762 application/rdf+xml 18179 2025-06-24T08:24:32.999841 image/jpeg 2553 2025-06-24T08:24:32.921865 image/jpeg 1493082 2025-06-24T08:24:31.673006 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia