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Zeeman's Paradox

There is only one point in front of a Perspective drawing where its three mutually Perpendicular Vanishing Points appear in mutually Perpendicular directions, but such a drawing nonetheless appears realistic from a variety of distances and angles.

See also Leonardo's Paradox, Perspective, Vanishing Point


References

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




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26