Perspective Drawing Handbook
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- Create Date：2022-09-28 06:57:12
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Joseph D'Amelio
- ISBN：0486432084
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Summary
This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively。 Describing mandatory skills for beginning and advanced students， the text covers such subjects as diminution， foreshortening， convergence， shade and shadow， and other visual principles of perspective drawing。
Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth， demonstrate vanishing points and eye level， and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality; perspective distortion; determining heights， depths， and widths; and the use of circles， cylinders， and cones。
Artists， architects， designers， and engineers will find this book invaluable in creating works with convincing perspective。
Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth， demonstrate vanishing points and eye level， and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality; perspective distortion; determining heights， depths， and widths; and the use of circles， cylinders， and cones。
Artists， architects， designers， and engineers will find this book invaluable in creating works with convincing perspective。
Reviews
PandoramicView
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Short， sweet， and practical。 Covers pretty much all of the logic you care about when trying to think in terms of perspective， but it's old so it doesn't necessarily have all the tricks。 Very good intro to the subject， though。 Short， sweet， and practical。 Covers pretty much all of the logic you care about when trying to think in terms of perspective， but it's old so it doesn't necessarily have all the tricks。 Very good intro to the subject， though。 。。。more
Christina Dymova
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I've been struggling with perspective for sooo long。 I considered it to be super difficult， like some scientific subject。As it turned out it is kind of science， especially in the way it is presented in this book （with sometimes almost mathematical ways to find the right measurements）。It was helpful in a lot of ways， though I skimmed the last 20% of the book。 Why？ It just so happened I got my hands on a wonderful tool called Sketchup which has made me wonder why people need to study perspective A I've been struggling with perspective for sooo long。 I considered it to be super difficult， like some scientific subject。As it turned out it is kind of science， especially in the way it is presented in this book （with sometimes almost mathematical ways to find the right measurements）。It was helpful in a lot of ways， though I skimmed the last 20% of the book。 Why？ It just so happened I got my hands on a wonderful tool called Sketchup which has made me wonder why people need to study perspective AT ALL if they have this sort of software at their disposal。 Seriously， even if you a total dummy at that， use this program （or other 3D software tool - I just mention the one I've personally tried out）。But in any case， this book helped me understand the main principles of perspective， which was huge， considering I was convinced I'd never be able to get this。 。。。more
Yung
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exactly what I like。
E。T。
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第一本英文原版书，啃了近一年。其实单词并不难，就是有惰性啊。虽然单词不难，但不敢说完全读懂了。但光是读懂了的部分都感觉学到很多。
nicolette
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a concise and practical book covering important concepts for perspective drawing。 some are a little vague （or maybe it's due to my lack of knowledge）。。。 but overall it's a good read and provides some useful ways to remember the concepts。 a concise and practical book covering important concepts for perspective drawing。 some are a little vague （or maybe it's due to my lack of knowledge）。。。 but overall it's a good read and provides some useful ways to remember the concepts。 。。。more
Thuys
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Many "whys" are answered in this handy books filled with fundamentals， useful shortcuts for freehand drawing but not enough for technical drawing。 Some points in the shade and shadow part are quite confusing thou。As an aside， just looking at the beret man in the illustrations is enough to know where the author is coming from。 Many "whys" are answered in this handy books filled with fundamentals， useful shortcuts for freehand drawing but not enough for technical drawing。 Some points in the shade and shadow part are quite confusing thou。As an aside， just looking at the beret man in the illustrations is enough to know where the author is coming from。 。。。more
Jennie Hale
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This is a really well written book on perspective。 My Mom even took a look - she is a career fine artist - and really liked the way the author explained perspective。
K McBride
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So interesting 。。。 oh to have the time to practice！！！
Helsean K。
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Not a typical professional and confusing book on the subject， and it is very helpful for a beginner in perspective IMO。 It explains everything in simple terms， with lots of clearly drawn references。I think even the professionals can get something from this book， because it can work as a reminder of the rules that one might’ve forgotten。
Vicente Adolfo
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Fantastic。I recommend。 Wonderful。 Super complete。 Simple explanations and practical examples。 If the objective is to understand the prespective ， this is your book。
Anastasia Peacefull
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I have finished it！ This is the best and true to life instructions for perspective drawing。
Laura Ann Tull
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OK did not exactly finish it， but it is incorrect when it comes to perspective。 I am using it for refernce but my teacher is doing a better job of explaining perspective。 SO。。。 oh well。 It did help me a bit though。。。
Krotpong
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