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How Eyesight Differs from Perspective
Comments about Eyesight by a Perspective Theorist |
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"HOW EYESIGHTS DIFFERS FROM PERSPECTIVE: Comments about Eyesight by a Perspective Theorist" a Digital eBook, complete in 9 parts -- by Jim Barnes, architect -- first version, November 2019 INTRO: Opening remarks, Table of Contents, and definition of "Perspective" "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "A" (21 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~8.2 MBytes) Introduction of the contradiction of Perspective being, and not being, an exact simulation of human eyesight. PART 1: Where angles between Sight Lines appear unchanged "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "B" (44 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~12.0 MBytes) Including discussion about image flipping, focus, binocular vision, motion, detail reduction, and wide-angle vision PART 2: Where angles between Sight Lines appear to be changed "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "C" (22 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~4.0 MBytes) Including discussion about "zoom" (size), height, distortions, and "rotation" PART 3: Where Sight Lines appear only in our mind "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "D" (26 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~4.6 MBytes) Including discussion about pattern recognition, the blind-spot, idealization, dreams and visions, and imagination CLOSING: Conclusions "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "E" (20 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~2.4 MBytes) Including discussion about four solutions to our initial contradcition, and predictions about the future of Perspective APPENDIX 1: A Confusion of Similarities "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "F" (6 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~1.6 MBytes) Discussion about confusing the perceptual psycology of wide-angle eyesight with Perspective views of non-euclidean geometries APPENDIX 2: Seeing the Curve of the Earth's Horizon "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "G" (8 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~1.0 MBytes) How the human eye is able to see the curvature of the Earth from a high elevation above a large expanse of water APPENDIX 3: The Pantheon "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "H" (10 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~3.2 MBytes) Discussion about when a painting can appear more realistic than any photograph -- the depiction of wide-angle views APPENDIX 4: The Arch of Titus "Click" for: DOWNLOAD "I" (16 pages, formatted as a single .PDF file, ~2.4 MBytes) Discussion about how the human imagination provides us with an "inner vision" Printing: These PDFs are intended for printing on Tabloid-size (11"x17") sheets of paper. |
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