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Leonardo's Paradox

In the depiction of a row of identical columns parallel to the plane of a Perspective drawing, the outer columns should appear wider even though they are farther away.

See also Perspective, Vanishing Point, Zeeman's Paradox


References

Dixon, R. Mathographics. New York: Dover, p. 82, 1991.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26