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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

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References

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

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Leonardo's Paradox

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Leonardo's Paradox." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LeonardosParadox.html

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