| 单词 | vanishing point |
| 例句 | In secular paintings, however, the vanishing point had to be kept under control, for the human world is finite and limited. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This would later be called the centric point, and it is the spot where the vanishing point is placed in a vanishing-point construction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Just as multiplying by zero causes the number line to collapse into a point, the vanishing point has caused most of the universe to sit in a tiny dot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They dealt in transformations; they suggested an endless series of possibilities, extending like the reflections in two mirrors set facing one another, stretching on, replica after replica, to the vanishing point. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Similarly, in Masaccio’s Tribute Money the vanishing point lies behind Christ’s head. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Once swept into the system, one’s chances of ever being truly free are slim, often to the vanishing point. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The vanishing point turned a two-dimensional drawing into a perfect simulation of a three-dimensional building. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As a consequence of the vanishing point, artists found themselves living simultaneously in two incommensurable worlds. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The whole painting focuses the viewer’s attention on the vanishing point, and then playfully hides it behind a half-open door. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And he presents it in perspective, with two parallel lines converging towards a vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In Uccello’s Hunt by Night there is an alarming multiplication of vanishing points, all of which lead into the darkness. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Vitruvius described something like perspective painting, but the Renaissance invented a new combination of subjectivity and objectivity, the situated viewer and the vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Thus the vanishing point in Masaccio’s Trinity is just above the top of the tomb, in apparently featureless space. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In early perspective paintings the vanishing point is often hidden by a seemingly casually placed foot or a bit of drapery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It is no coincidence that zero and infinity are linked in the vanishing point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When “parallel” lines converge at the vanishing point in a painting, observers are tricked into believing that the lines never meet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The vanishing point of the diagonals formed by the top of the mirror and the right side of the table lies at the juncture of the woman’s little finger and the picture frame. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z You have to decide where you want the vanishing point and/or the distance points to be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As objects recede into the distance in the painting, they get closer and closer to the vanishing point, getting more compressed as they get farther away from the viewer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Piero, who was a mathematician as well as a painter, demonstrates his total command of perspectivist illusion and uses the vanishing point to convey God’s incomprehensibility. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Brunelleschi’s paintings did not have vanishing points, but they did have situated viewers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In this, 14 and 17, the vanishing point, incomprehensible in Aristotelian terms, is mysteriously obscured, showing how sensitive artists were to the clash between mathematics and philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Perspective painting generally involves a peculiar form of abstraction: the construction of a vanishing point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It helps, then, if you want to work with a vanishing point, to have a concept of nothing. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z One particular subject which encouraged artists to explore the vanishing point was the Annunciation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The presence of the master, Ranofer discovered, sharpened Pai’s already sharp eye and diminished his short temper to the vanishing point. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was an Italian architect, Filippo Brunelleschi, who first demonstrated the power of an infinite zero: he created a realistic painting by using a vanishing point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This zero-dimensional object, the vanishing point, is an infinitesimal dot on the canvas that represents a spot infinitely far away from the viewer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Once arrested, one’s chances of ever being truly free of the system of control are slim, often to the vanishing point. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The painting’s primary form is the big, top log that booms outward while its back end diminishes swiftly to a distant vanishing point. A Less Anxious Edvard Munch 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z His direction, in their presence, as often in the presence of the improvising actors in “Out 1,” became self-effacing to the vanishing point. Postscript: Jacques Rivette 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Ireland highlighted the motel’s twin-bedded geometries and flat veranda stretching to an arid vanishing point. A Photographer Follows Paul Revere Williams Into the West 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z I still had the feeling that I was missing something, that he had groped toward a significant vanishing point, and that, in the films, deeper forces were at play than even he was admitting. A Mesmerizing Marathon of Robert Frank’s Movies 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z This is early days in the festival, but Rust and Bone has to be a real contender for prizes, and, the odds will be shortening to vanishing point for Cotillard getting the best actress award. Cannes 2012: Rust and Bone 2012-05-17T11:11:25Z These ignited an interest in Cubism that led him to conclude that that style’s multiple views were perhaps closer to actual perception than the single vanishing point of Western painting. Art Review: Recent David Hockney Work at the de Young in San Francisco 2013-12-23T23:10:14Z A trail led between two rows of quiet outdoor bars before emerging on an expanse of powder-perfect sand extending to the vanishing point in both directions. The Other Algarve 2013-07-19T16:35:02Z The show, at El Museo del Barrio, is terse, almost to the vanishing point in places, as might be expected from one of the pioneers of 1960s Conceptualism. Art Review: In the Beginning Was the Word 2011-02-16T13:00:07Z In the center of the store there was a large display of “Chicken Soup for the Soul” books, at which all aisles converged like lines at the vanishing point. Stealing from Blockbuster 2013-12-07T00:00:00Z In one, a rainbow-colored band runs off to a vanishing point; in the other, white lines on a black ground seem to radiate from a single point of light. Art in Review: ?ART/SEWN?: ?Tradition, Innovation, Expression? 2011-04-28T21:00:07Z The sound was rich and luxurious, comfortably bearing the full weight of fortissimos and detailing pianissimos right down to the vanishing point. ‘Porgy and Bess,’ a Spoleto Festival USA Homecoming 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Some employers initially offered to match what we socked away, but those employer matches often shrank to the vanishing point. When entitlement reform meets immigration reform 2013-02-20T20:00:00Z You become a kind of vanishing point, the focus of its four-dimensional perspective. 'Sculpture in the Age of Donatello' shows artist's competitive spirit 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Any image that pretends to take place in “Renaissance perspective” is bound to have a “vanishing point” at which parallel lines will appear to converge. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z Together with Versteeg’s computer mimicry of human hands, they approach a vanishing point between person and machine. Computer-generated art that meditates on authorship and creativity 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z This optical technique, perfected in 15th-century Italian visual art, arranged scenic images around a central vanishing point, creating the semblance of an infinitely receding space. How a Family Transformed the Look of European Theater 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z Before the doors opened, the ticketed fans lined up into the vanishing point along Kent Avenue, near the waterfront. Music Review: Muscling Through a Murky, Hardcore Night in a Box 2011-07-31T22:03:29Z Entertainment journalism could face a cultural vanishing point, just like the movie of the week, the game show and, perhaps one day, the evening newscast. After Hart, a Deluge Of Meaner Celebrity TV? 2011-05-19T19:24:45Z As Mr. Raad traces the expanding path of politics and money, art reaches a vanishing point: the more of it there is, the harder it is to see. Museum & Gallery Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The date seems to operate as a locus or vanishing point for humankind's capacity for cruelty, but beyond that its precise meaning is occluded. Summer voyages: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño 2013-07-29T12:59:01Z The island is a vanishing point on a map. Everything Is Different on an Island 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “Parasite” is scripted to the vanishing point: for all the desire to show, its images are more like realizations of a plot point or a premise than events themselves. How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z The actor Alec Baldwin, a friend, said, “Beard was someone who went to Africa at a vanishing point in time and tapped into that spirit.” Peter Beard Still Missing, Weeks After Disappearing on Long Island 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Bartelme, with Harriet Jung, designed the elegant, functional costumes and décor: two elastic straps strung diagonally across the theater, meeting in a far corner like a vanishing point. Review: Gwen Welliver Goes Equine at La MaMa Moves! 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z It reaches very far afield, at the vanishing point of Dolphy-ism; it crystallizes ideas latent in Dolphy’s career at that time and points far in the direction of paths that lay open in his imagination. How Eric Dolphy Deepened My Love of Jazz 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z To the south and west, the labyrinthine passageways of the medina, the city’s old walled quarter, extend to the vanishing point amid a sea of tightly packed houses and minarets. Tunisia After the Revolution 2012-04-06T18:10:20Z At the beginning of the last century, the West Indian flamingo was virtually extinct throughout its range, hunted nearly to the vanishing point for food or for its feathers. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent As the shapes shift and mutate, Hosoda uses old-fashioned perspective — differing sizes and planes, parallel edges and vanishing points — to create an illusion of movement through depth. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Teeming with nearly 40 figures and intimating more than one vanishing point, it depicts the visit of a papal diplomat to the estate of Jacob Hannibal of Hohenem, in western Austria. Art Review: Drawing an Escape From the Chill of Winter 2011-01-27T00:35:08Z What begins as a lesson on vanishing points, horizon lines, and representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional picture plane evolves into an exploration of how our literal point of view informs our emotional position. What Medical Students Learn from Drawing Mickey Mouse 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Do you think the opiate epidemic is here to stay or is there a vanishing point in sight? Sam Quinones outlines the path of addiction from painkiller to heroin 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The pictures are riveting in their spatial distortions, and it’s as if they were saying, “To hell with the idea of a single vanishing point.” David Hockney, Contrarian, Shifts Perspectives 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z Try to find different perspectives for your pictures – extreme high or low viewpoints or finding a vanishing point in the middle of the image will do this. Top tips: Photographing the recession 2011-03-01T15:43:44Z If the day is hazy, McKim finds every misty color at play in both his foregrounds and vanishing points. Move over, Monet: Oregon had its own Impressionist painter 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z The vanishing point of the city’s sunny backstage landscape continuously recedes from view, like an evaporating dream. 'Made in L.A. 2016': Hammer Museum biennial proves a thoughtful place to ponder the possibilities 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The fixed vanishing point, where all lines of vision converge, corresponds to a viewer standing before the picture, motionless in time and space. Review: With sports and horror movies as canvas, an artist dissects the world's digital upheaval 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Indeed, Professor Huber said, “with things as polarized as they are, the possibility of amending a statute has diminished to the vanishing point.” Gridlock in Congress Has Amplified the Power of the Supreme Court 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z “The vanishing point corresponding to parallel lines on the screen, price, and ‘Don’t blame…’ text are inconsistent,” Farid wrote. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z She stood in the door of the room recently and pointed to the galleries and shelves slanting off into a vanishing point, 213 feet away at the far end. An Irish National Treasure Gets Set for a Long-Needed Restoration 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z As parallel lines stretch away from a viewer, they seem to draw together, until they meet at a spot on the horizon called the vanishing point. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Part ode and part elegy to Octavia Butler’s unfinished ‘Parable’ trilogy, this exhibition investigates the vanishing point of an idea,” writes LACE. Looking for the best things to do in L.A.? Try these 12 pop-ups, merch drops, events 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Apart from a few diagonals gesturing laconically toward a vanishing point, there’s no real attempt to create a sense of receding space. Get up close to this painting of a sea wall and you may never let go of its light There’s something strange about its perspective scheme: The vanishing point seems to be off to the left. Mystery on a Venetian lagoon His electoral prospects are dwindling toward the mathematical vanishing point, and his historical legacy is now sealed. Donald Trump is doomed, and he knows it: But will he go out with a whimper or a bang? 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Welcome to football as a high-speed entertainment product, sealed within its bubble, zooming off towards the vanishing point. Premier League returns to provide welcome and necessary escapism | Barney Ronay 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z But millions of homeowners were left with mortgage debts that squeezed their disposable incomes to the vanishing point. Op-Ed: Millions of small businesses are about to collapse. Here’s how we can save them 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z There are a couple of ways for O’Rourke and the 18 other candidates who have been staring at the vanishing point to think about the race. Which way will Castro play it? 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z As these big space rocks move away from Earth, they will be concentrated in a “vanishing point” geometry, a kind of “sweet spot” in the night sky, Boslough said. Incoming! A June meteor swarm could be loaded with surprises. 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z Roma is one of the quickest “vanishing points,” as Border Patrol agents say, into Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, the main gateway for illegal immigration on the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border. On the Texas-Mexico border, no one knows who's smuggling the border crossers. Everyone’s a suspect 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Nicaragua was the vanishing point of most of his local observations. Tijuana’s Migrants Are Running Their Own Asylum Process 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Stand at one end of the warehouse, and its titanium-white scaffolding and seemingly endless conveyor belts disappear at a vanishing point that is, somehow, within the building. How Robots and Drones Will Change Retail Forever 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z His decade with Obama blurred his own identity to the vanishing point, and he was sensitive enough—unusually so for a political operative—to fear losing himself entirely in the larger story. Witnessing the Obama Presidency, from Start to Finish 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Grotjahn’s geometric abstractions employ disjointed vanishing points, the kind originally invented to create a convincing figurative illusion but here swallowing up visual energy as if some vividly chromatic black hole. MOCA still mum about curator's firing, despite crucial questions and too few answers 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z By 1900, though, flamingos had been hunted for food, skins, and feathers—almost to their vanishing point. Surprising Origin of American Flamingos Discovered 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z And if the party loses control of the House, Senate, or both in the midterms, the possibilities for advancing meaningful measures narrow to a vanishing point. Analysis | The Finance 202: Hatch exit sets up race for Senate Finance Committee gavel 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z In west Texas, the highway stretched in a straight line to a vanishing point on the horizon. The man who went on a hike – and never stopped walking 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z At times, Sanderson deliberately abandoned the typical vanishing point perspective of the tracks, instead producing horizontal views of the buildings that run alongside the tracks. In pictures: The empty railways of America - BBC News 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z I don’t encourage anyone to go into editorial or strip cartooning anymore, because the number of people who can make a living at it just keeps approaching the vanishing point. ‘Doonesbury’ cartoonist Garry Trudeau: ‘If Trump wins, I’ll miss civilization as we know it.’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z I peer beyond our boulevard to a vanishing point — a distant land beckoning this Whitestone girl as the cream and green Q16 lurches along the roadway. The Triangle 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z If Donald Trump doesn’t carry Pennsylvania, his chances of becoming president reach the vanishing point. Trump confronts ‘common decency’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z They were saying that laws and technologies had secretly been put in place that threatened to overturn the democratic governance Americans took for granted and shrink their liberties to a vanishing point. How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers | Mark Hertsgaard 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z And as his path to the nomination narrows to a vanishing point, he has ratcheted up his criticism of Clinton. Why #NeverTrump is Rarely Working 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Impure and fluid, worldly and engaged, in many ways conceptual art was a philosophical quest: a search for a vanishing point, for the outer limits of what might constitute a work of art. Conceptual art: why a bag of rubbish is not just a load of garbage 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z "The photographer has chosen the angle for this shot so well - and having the person walking towards that vanishing point of the setting sun was the icing on the cake here." Winning photos from beautiful gardens - BBC News 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Emanuel wanted to scale it back almost to the vanishing point. The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z By overlaying multiple digital images — all with different vanishing points — the photographic drawings are meant to create a 3-D effect. David Hockney opening at Louver brings out Roger Corman, more 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z "David Hockney: Painting and Photography," opening this week at the LA Louver gallery right near California's Venice Beach, features acrylic paintings and photographs that play with spatial effects and vanishing points. Hockney plays with perspective in new photos, paintings at LA exhibit 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z The question is whether this process, which reduces the Arizona legislature’s role to the vanishing point, complies with the Constitution’s mandate that the “manner” of elections shall be “prescribed” by the state’s legislature. The Supreme Court gets to decide what makes a legislature 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Boehner told the president that the path for action in the House “had narrowed almost to the vanishing point,” according to aides for both men. White House Tested Limits of Powers Before Action on Immigration 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Baumann, who remains her most influential adviser, was the perfect No. 2—loyal, discreet to the vanishing point, and, according to some insiders, the only aide who addressed the boss with complete candor. The Astonishing Rise of Angela Merkel 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z As the waves travel farther, they converge asymptotically toward a vanishing point. A Future as Clouded as Their Past 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z But Amazon’s goal is to eliminate all “gatekeepers” except for itself, which would undermine the structure that still allows good books to find readers, while devaluing the worth of books to the vanishing point. Amazon Vs. Hachette: What Would Orwell Think? 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Overall, though, Game of Thrones is at heart a road movie: a journey to a vanishing point on the horizon with stop after stop after stop. REVIEW: Hello, Cruel World! Game of Thrones Is Back 2014-04-03T12:37:26Z Speak, centered at the vanishing point of the hall, drawing the viewer toward the center of the frame. Why Obama Doesn't Give Speeches From the Oval Office 2013-09-11T15:10:10Z Ahead the avenues tapered away into distance, and met at the vanishing point. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z Although the motions are apparently converging to a point, it does not follow that the stars in question will, in the course of ages, meet at the “vanishing point.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z From the north suburbs of Sharpsburg the Hagerstown turnpike leads north a little west two miles, when it turns east of north to the vanishing point of operations. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z When that event comes to pass--which will be very shortly--your allowance will recede to a vanishing point. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Even when she did get well her small savings would have vanished, or dwindled to vanishing point, in the incidental expenses of her illness alone, apart from the liquidation of her medical attendant’s claim. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Jefferson had been reëlected without opposition; the strength of the Federalists as a separate party had dwindled to the vanishing point, and only three days separated him from the beginning of his second term. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z It will be obvious that, as there is a “vanishing point,” the motion in the line of sight must be one of recession from the earth. Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z For Brady, 42, the vanishing point at MF Global arrived after he returned to Chicago from Florida. Wall Street Unoccupied as 200,000 Job Cuts Bring ‘Darkest Days’ 2011-11-22T01:23:02Z She kept her glance fixed on its vanishing point. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z When these at last reached the vanishing point their author turned suddenly. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z On this certain morning a month after the heart breaking disaster his power of passive endurance had been strained to the vanishing point. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z They are either thick and stocky at the ankles, with a heap of ill-formed flesh above, or are thin almost to the vanishing point. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z "With interest rates so low, practically to the vanishing point, there is always a question of whether you end up inadvertently stimulating speculative activity that you'd just as soon not stimulate," he said. Bernanke warns spending cuts could derail recovery 2011-07-15T03:56:01Z Nature as substance scientists have driven to the vanishing point; so much so that no great physicist would dare to say that there is any substance. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z Betty had turned away and was watching the vanishing point of the railway track, where it entered the valley a couple of miles away. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z I had been given to understand that Stigler's plan of continual price cutting had cut his profits to the vanishing point. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z Ben Foster started consecutive internationals against Brazil and Egypt in the autumn, but receded almost to vanishing point at Manchester United before being sold to Birmingham City. England from back to front: the five questions Fabio Capello must resolve 2010-05-25T18:17:00Z It grew smaller and rounder, and finally shrank to a vanishing point. The Undying Past The death rate of operations is being daily brought nearer and nearer to vanishing point. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine If he could work without food his wage would be reduced to the vanishing point. Labor and Freedom "If I lose this hole, my chance of winning on you shrinks to a vanishing point," remarked Ricordo. The Man Who Rose Again The meal went on in silence for a while, and the pudding was at vanishing point when Henry broke into talk again. The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life You are evidently surprised," he said, turning toward me, "at the frugality of my fare, but I can assure you that in my case eating has been reduced almost to a vanishing point. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance He was the lode-star—he was the magnet, the vanishing point for all curiosity, all surmises, all interest. The Moonlit Way The other idea is a sort of monarchical pantheism, of which the vanishing point is a republic. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Oh, all sorts—chrome and indigo, yellow ocher, burnt umber, rose madder, Chinese white—composition, light and shade, vanishing points. Ewing\\'s Lady As far as he could see, the streets led off into the distance, with the gleaming lights that lined the buildings on either side diminishing until they merged at a far vanishing point. The Genius Then he would get absorbed in a fresh picture, and his good intentions on his son's behalf would fade to vanishing point. The Head Girl at the Gables A bottle of dop, the contents of which had nearly reached vanishing point, stood on a waggon box in the centre. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion In the first place, I make the lines of your perspective slope down to their right vanishing point. A Fourth Form Friendship A School Story Instances there were when her fortunes waned almost to the vanishing point; when the tide of progress seemed to hang at the ebb. Roman Women No, she had nothing more to fear from that quarter; and in the rush and novelty of the past few weeks, bygone follies, big and little, active and passive, dwindled to the vanishing point. Leonore Stubbs And then at last, the pickings—growing slimmer always—diminished to the vanishing point. The Peacemaker He knows he is an American; but his conception of the metes and bounds of America is vague to the vanishing point. Our Southern Highlanders The vanishing point of all Christian sectarian ideas of the East was in God, of those of the West in Man. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Again the long lines of stately oaks and firs, with a straight and apparently endless road between them, like the examples of perspective in beginners' drawing-books, but with the vanishing point always receding. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement Apply this principle to the vertical lines of a tower or lofty building, and every such structure must be represented diminished at the top, the vertical lines converging to a vanishing point in the sky. Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. And she moved as though she was always on the vanishing point. The Landleaguers When all hands had stowed away the last meal of the day the rations were reduced almost to the vanishing point. The Pathless Trail Then freight rates suddenly fell almost to the vanishing point, and after a disastrous trip or two, his adversary's steamboats became his own by purchase at low prices, and freight rates went up again. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs He fired at that window, and absorbedly guided the knot of the rope past its vanishing point. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 What secrets are there, down beyond the vanishing point in the realm of the infinitely small! Astounding Stories, March, 1931 God bless me––God bless me!” he muttered, staring down the wood-road to its vanishing point against the grey horizon. The Crimson Tide A Novel He labored somewhat on the idea of the vanishing point, and that of the diminution of the angle of vision as distance increases. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences The others followed Mrs. Malling’s example and bent their eyes upon the vanishing point of the trail. The Hound From The North The chain began to pay out to that peculiar vanishing point which was here an entry-way to another world—perhaps another universe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 And there was no time to lose, either, for Henry’s checking balance was about to slide past the vanishing point. Rope Fifty years ago the industry had declined almost to a vanishing point. Highways and Byways in Surrey The viewing of the exalted anagogic conception as a perspective vanishing point, makes allowance for the possible errors of superposition in the anagogic aspect of the elementary types. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The herder’s respect for his employer sometimes diminished to the vanishing point. The Free Range First he shut his left eye and saw with his right quite perfectly; then he shut the right, and lo! whatever he looked at with the left dwindled to a vanishing point and became invisible. The Martian Now they are vanishing points in that new underground world—that wonder of the present day—the sewers of Paris. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Surely, it cannot be seriously asserted that the former will produce two vanishing points, and the latter only one? Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The consequence would be that the ruler, and all the other planes parallel to it, would have two vanishing points, and all the features be erroneously rendered. Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Berselius did not have any hand in the matter, thus the feeling of employer and employed was reduced to vanishing point and the position rendered more equal. The Pools of Silence The scholars returned slowly to the half-empty colleges, where admissions had dwindled almost to vanishing point. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester In fact, the Major’s chance of being asked to the select bridge-party diminished swiftly towards vanishing point. Miss Mapp The fireside gathering where the glowing logs provided light and cheer for the family circle, conducive to story and riddle and song, has almost reached the vanishing point. Blue Ridge Country We are here, in short, at the vanishing point of this distinction—God is present, and nature and spirit interpenetrate in His presence. The Atonement and the Modern Mind When we are young there is never any vanishing point to our day-dreams. The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) The glut on the labor market was tremendous and wages reached the vanishing point in a currency which would buy little. Greener Than You Think The "security" guards around scientific research, which had been gradually diminishing towards the vanishing point, had suddenly been re-imposed—this time, even more stringently and rigidly than ever before. Damned If You Don't In perspective, theoretically the vanishing point is at infinity, and therefore unattainable. Vanishing Point Death Valley, or the Arroyo del Muerte, as the Spanish called it, is in the western part of southern California, near the oblique boundary of Nevada, a little way north of Nevada's vanishing point. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania In a word, his concern with life is reduced to a vanishing point before he is called on to give it up. The Blindman's World 1898 He traveled alone as he visited the various hunting parties, finding such travel to be safer each day as the dwindling of the unicorns neared the vanishing point. Space Prison What secrets are there, down beyond the vanishing point in the realm of the infinitely small? Beyond the Vanishing Point Carter claimed the whole world was full of vanishing points. Vanishing Point The value of my land in Washitay fell almost to the vanishing point. A Daughter of the Middle Border Tunnel-like streets, flanked on either side by shining metallic ramps and runways, stretched endlessly to the vanishing point. The Street That Wasn't There A few days in San Diego reduced my small capital to the vanishing point, yet it was with a light heart I turned north again and took the All-Tie route for Los Angeles. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance The girls possessed few or none of the pretty trifles dear to their sex, their pocket money was scanty almost to vanishing point, and they had early learnt the stern lesson of "doing without things". The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story This is the "vanishing point of sensation" to which I have referred, the point namely where what we call "mind" blends indissolubly with what we call "matter." The Complex Vision They are wild and when they see you a mile or so away will start and run for the nearest vanishing point, usually arriving there long before you do. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country And as he watched, fascinated, the Very Young Man's figure dwindled beyond the vanishing point and was gone! The Girl in the Golden Atom At no time did he secure control over the whole of the country, and during the successive stages of the Peninsular War of 1807-1814 his mastery of the situation diminished gradually to the vanishing point. The Governments of Europe His career was humble and obscure to the vanishing point for forty years, of which practically nothing is known. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure This "spiritual body," this "vanishing point of sensation," which is the principle of permanence and continuity and identity in the soul, is obviously the very centre and core of reality. The Complex Vision Complete disregard for the maintenance of some sort of standard of outward appearances is the absolute vanishing point of self-respect. Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees These changes seem to many to minimize the individual mother's responsibility in these matters to the vanishing point. The Family and it's Members In this discouraging light she saw her intention dwindle to the vanishing point, but the great move was just as good as it had been before—just as solid, just as advisable. The Coast of Chance The chief vanishing points and measuring points are also placed on this line. The Theory and Practice of Perspective This "vanishing point of sensation," or in other words this attenuated form of "matter" or "energy" or "movement," must not be allowed to disappear from our conception of the soul. The Complex Vision Bill sat down by their bedroom window, and stared out at the street lights, twin rows of yellow beads stretching away to a vanishing point in the pitch-black of a cloudy night. North of Fifty-Three The railroad labor was strenuous, as it was bound to be; and for the first few days the thin, crisp air of the altitudes cut my already indifferent physical efficiency almost to the vanishing point. Branded Thus by my shadow I triumphed over space, and when it came to a vanishing point, I imagined it still extending itself to some neighbor's door or into the next town. Confessions of Boyhood Lines which incline upwards have their vanishing points above the horizontal line, and those which incline downwards, below it. The Theory and Practice of Perspective And the "soul," when we think of it as something real, must inevitably be associated with what might be called "the vanishing point of sensation." The Complex Vision The gradual shrinkage of values to the vanishing point imposed upon Dave many business duties which he would very gladly have evaded. The Cow Puncher He seemed the vanishing point of these converging stripes, the object they were striving toward, the end they aimed for. The Emigrant Trail The numbers of the 7th Manchesters were never fully up to strength after April, 1915, and for many months at a time while in the East they fell to vanishing point. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 Lines which incline upwards have their vanishing points above the horizon, and those which incline downwards, below it. The Theory and Practice of Perspective This personal self, or actual living soul, must be thought of as possessing some "substratum" or "vanishing point of sensation" as the implication of its permanence and continuous identity. The Complex Vision Although four Justices are recorded as concurring in the opinion, their accompanying opinions whittle their concurrence in some instances to the vanishing point. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 There was Mrs. Gladys Doolittle Batt, a grass one—Batt being represented as a vanishing point—President of the National Eugenic and Purity League; tall, gnarled, sinuously powerful, and prone to emotional attacks. Police!!! As I went out one door, I glimpsed the vanishing point of a man's coat exiting in the opposite direction. Sunny Slopes In both cases they are on the vertical which passes through the vanishing point of their ground-plan or horizontal projections. The Theory and Practice of Perspective The People's Church dwindled to a vanishing point. From the Bottom Up The Life Story of Alexander Irvine In America this difference of training is constantly tending to the vanishing point. The Land of Contrasts A Briton's View of His American Kin But an argument that is reduced to these examples must be near its vanishing point. Practical Essays You know certain rules about vanishing points and can apply them in your drawing. The Book of Art for Young People There are one or two other terms used in perspective which are not satisfactory because they are confusing, such as vanishing lines and vanishing points. The Theory and Practice of Perspective The money was now coming due; if the obligations were not met, the credit of Great Britain in this country would reach the vanishing point. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II The finances of the State were in a chaotic condition, the treasury at low ebb, and credit had receded to a vanishing point. The Story of the Guides Only in the latter case, the poetical vanishing point is farther away for me than is the case with cattle. The River and I Having repulsed an Elamite raid, which was probably intended to destroy the growing power of Babylon, he "smote down Rim-Sin", whose power he reduced almost to vanishing point. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria These are the two vanishing points to which the sides of the figure are respectively drawn. The Theory and Practice of Perspective At a time when rents have dwindled, in some cases almost to vanishing point, taxation has increased, and confiscatory schemes and meddlesome restrictions have frightened away capital from the land. A Short History of English Agriculture But MacRae held on till the first hot days of August were at hand and his money was dwindling to the vanishing point. Poor Man's Rock On the first night, we all became so dazed with intolerable dulness, that our powers of resistance faded away to the vanishing point. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 During the war Sir Archdall Reid, employing very simple means, reduced the incidence of disease among the large body of troops in his charge almost to the vanishing point. Safe Marriage A Return to Sanity At A raise vertical Aa equal to side of square AB�, from a draw ab to the vanishing point. The Theory and Practice of Perspective And the marquis vanished beyond the landing, leaving the astonished lackey staring at the vanishing point. The Grey Cloak Or are they wise in their handling of the snakes, so that danger is reduced to the vanishing point? The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Again, she who can minimize the petty worries of existence to the vanishing point. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers His cheeks, his chin, had waned to the vanishing point. Judith of the Plains Any other 120 line, such as OO�, can be directed to the inaccessible vanishing point in the same way as ad, &c. The Theory and Practice of Perspective These poor people are an excrescence on the body of Ireland which good government, if it does not wholly remove, may reduce nearly to vanishing point. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union Banneker wondered whether the editorial rostrum, too, was fated to deliver its would-be authoritative message to an audience which threatened to dwindle to the vanishing point. Success A Novel His work for the "Courier" had gradually increased until he found that his time for study had diminished almost to the vanishing point. A Hoosier Chronicle The small dark eyes in her copper face, and her shapeless body, were associated with winters and summers stretching to a vanishing point. Lazarre In this figure I have first drawn the pavement by means of the diagonals GA, Go, Go, &c., and the vanishing point V, the square at A being given. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Society is there reduced to a vanishing point—no claims are made on human sympathies—there is no need to toil in yoke-service with our fellows. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series They knew that the danger of an attack at such a time had decreased to the vanishing point. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky There were no hills anywhere, and the skyline was just a vanishing point similar to the horizon of the open sea. The Man in the Twilight Success in this search meant more to him than he liked to think about, and now his chance of success had shrunk to the vanishing point. Queed Produce sides of square A, and where these lines are intersected by the diagonals Go draw lines from the vanishing point V to base. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Notice the unconscious humour of the foreshortened spears and figure carefully arranged on the ground to vanish to the recently discovered vanishing point. The Practice and Science of Drawing A minute after a sleigh appeared coming toward him from the vanishing point of the road that here ran straight through the woods for some distance. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Indeed the living was much depreciated in value, and his own private means were reduced almost to vanishing point, and under such circumstances the great style loses many of its finer savors. The Hill of Dreams In some places it is four or five feet wide, in others runs down to an almost vanishing point, and then again thickens. Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore It also shows how the long vanishing point can be dispensed with, and the perspective drawing brought within the picture. The Theory and Practice of Perspective It was to do something, to be some one, to strike out of the everlastingly dull road which lay before him and which ended in the vanishing point of an insignificant old age. Don Orsino She became breathlessly willing, meek to vanishing point. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight Moreover, this home, which has reached the vanishing point, makes almost no demand for his co-operation in its maintenance. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work Congress was called in special session, and repealed the Silver Purchase Bill, and devised means of protection for the gold reserve which was approaching the vanishing point. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History This is a repetition of the previous problem, or rather the application of it to architecture, although when there are many details it may be more convenient to use vanishing points or the centrolinead. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Down, down, down went its circulation until it almost reached the vanishing point. Analyzing Character A great trade was once done by the Downland peasantry in these "Sussex Ortolans," as they were called, but of late years the demand has dwindled to vanishing point. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End You see, Sir, my hopes of a really good remunerative business had by now dwindled down to vanishing point. Castles in the Air They never could be brought to the niceties of moral perspective which show one exactly where to find the vanishing point for every duty. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel Produce diagonal ac to V. This will be the vanishing point for the sides of the small squares directed towards it. The Theory and Practice of Perspective My Ophelia dress was made of material which could not have cost more than 2s. a yard, and not many yards were wanted, as I was at the time thin to vanishing point! The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections Just as trade was, in the war period, sinking to the vanishing point, the tariff rates were doubled in hopes of getting increased revenues needed for the war, but in vain. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II For some time he focused his gaze at the Notch, from which the road sprang and flowed in slow undulations to a vanishing point in the blank spaces of the west. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life My interest in business waned to the vanishing point. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography Produce sides me, nf till they touch the horizon in points V, V�; these will be the two vanishing points for all the sides of the tiles that are receding from us. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Most of us, I think, see them in perspective, of which our birth is the vanishing point. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections It was as if the vanishing point of mercy had been reached, and savages were at their backs. The Alaskan The music seemed to fade to the vanishing point and grew louder again. Love and Mr. Lewisham Privateering; the trade with France and Spain; the industries of the town, weaving and lace making; all dwindled to vanishing point. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter From each division on base draw lines to each of these vanishing points, then draw parallels through their intersections as shown on the figure. The Theory and Practice of Perspective But when a fox's scent has gradually diminished until it tends to vanishing point, it is useless to attempt to hunt him. A Cotswold Village Looking towards either hand, no object intercepted the vanishing points of this long canal between the mountains. The Voyage of the Beagle But increase of horse-power of engines means increase of heating surface and largely increased boilers, when we reach the vanishing point of profit, after which there is nothing left but speed and expense. Men of Invention and Industry The true collector loves wide margins, and the Procrustes, being all margin, merely touches the vanishing point of the perspective. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue Note that the vanishing points should be at equal distances from S, also that the parallelogram in which each tile is contained is oblong, and not square, as already pointed out. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Or we might conceive of the Almighty as so weighing this or that factor of environment as to diminish almost to the vanishing point the free choice of men. Understanding the Scriptures "I have traced the histories of Lucy Graham and Helen Talboys to a vanishing point," he thought; "my next business is to discover the history of the woman who lies buried in Ventnor churchyard." Lady Audley's Secret Attend to the perspective according to the vanishing point opposite to your eye. The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself Hogg's temper was at vanishing point, and this was the last straw. A Little Bush Maid Those to the right, if produced far enough, would meet at a distant vanishing point not in the picture. The Theory and Practice of Perspective She had almost reached the vanishing point of his vision when he finally emerged from his involuntary hiding-place. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada Meager as had been the opportunities for schooling before 1775, the opportunities by 1790, except in a few cities and in the New England districts, had shrunk almost to the vanishing point. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization What information his pretty wife might have extracted he did not know; her income had never visibly increased above the vanishing point, although, like himself, she denied herself nothing. The Fighting Chance Look down some straight railway line for a vanishing point to the perspective: you will never find it. On Nothing and Kindred Subjects Divide EB into four equal parts, and from each division draw lines to vanishing point, then by means of diagonals, &c., draw the hexagon. The Theory and Practice of Perspective But then his trade had dwindled to the vanishing point anyway. From a Bench in Our Square Under the primitive conditions of the time the interest even in religious education often declined almost to the vanishing point. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Artists developed the technique of the vanishing point and with it the ability to paint three-dimensional representations on two-dimensional surfaces. Open Source Democracy All through 1849 the Parliament was losing members by defection, and by the end of the year its influence had sunk to vanishing point. The War and Democracy From 194 A through C draw AG to horizon, which gives us G, the vanishing point of all the diagonals of squares parallel to and at the same angle as ABCD. The Theory and Practice of Perspective We had cut down our baggage to the vanishing point, and the men were carrying all they could, and we did not dare leave our reserve ammunition behind. With Kelly to Chitral Afar, Mr. Heatherbloom's figure could be seen, almost at the vanishing point. A Man and His Money "Fine by degrees and beautifully less," until it at last reached the vanishing point! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 As a result, the always limited social activities of the farm were curtailed to the vanishing point. Betty Gordon in Washington Produce BC to the horizon, and thus find vanishing point V. At this point raise vertical VV�. The Theory and Practice of Perspective I find the interest of details dwindling to the vanishing point. A Modern Utopia Within the restricted orbit of her own bitter thoughts she revolved towards the vanishing point of life which is the total loss of sympathy. A Prisoner in Fairyland Your arithmetic will show you that Harry's percentage in the Southern army is so small that it reaches the vanishing point. The Guns of Shiloh A Story of the Great Western Campaign My fame is, as you can guess, a mere ephemera,—a small vanishing point, in comparison with the higher ambition I have now in view. Ardath Although the lines of light are parallel, they are subject to the laws of perspective, and are therefore drawn from their respective vanishing points. The Theory and Practice of Perspective And that vanishing point is seen in the human composition, as well as in natural objects, that point where we lose ourselves in the Divine, and merge our own being into that greater, grander being. Dawn The rejoinder is easy, that pity and fear are never anything, but painful down to the vanishing point. The Psychology of Beauty Of course, if the difference between the systolic and the diastolic pressure is diminished to the vanishing point, the patient cannot stand it, and dies. Disturbances of the Heart The minister's wife gazed thoughtfully ahead at a little trio fast approaching the vanishing point. Rebecca Mary Note also that the outlines of the shadow, 1 2, 2 3, are drawn to the same vanishing points as the cube itself. The Theory and Practice of Perspective It was new, long, white, regular, tapering to a vanishing point, like a lesson in perspective. The Well-Beloved And I saw a tall man, very fair, whose chin fell away to the vanishing point, and whose hair was parted in the middle, talking to Mrs. Mavor. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks But even that charming vanishing point was presently withdrawn—possibly through some instinct—for the young lady had apparently not raised her eyes. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's Her eyes were wide opened, and terror-stricken, the pupils contracted almost to vanishing point. The Yellow Claw First find the vanishing point P of the inclined plane and draw horizontal PF to meet vertical raised from L, the luminary. The Theory and Practice of Perspective His late fare followed the vehicle with his gaze until it reached the vanishing point, then he laughed. The Drums of Jeopardy We are not now in search of the vanishing point where Matter subtilizes. Seraphita She seemed to her husband to have gained in dignity; she was stiller and more restrained; a certain faint arrogance, a touch of the "ruling class" manner had dwindled almost to the vanishing point. Soul of a Bishop North had often to order ashore intruders, until his temper shortened to the vanishing point. The Riverman It will then be seen that the reflection is the counterpart of the object reversed, and having the same vanishing points as the object itself. The Theory and Practice of Perspective To find a measuring point for the lines that go to the other vanishing point, we proceed in the same way. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Figure 121 corroborates the above by showing the two vanishing points and additional squares. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Here we make use of the same points as in a previous figure, with the addition of the point G, which is the vanishing point of the diagonals of the squares on the floor. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Through F, where PS intersects MK, draw AV till it cuts the horizon in V, its vanishing point. The Theory and Practice of Perspective So also with all those imaginary lines which conduct the eye to the various vanishing points, and which the old writers called ‘occult’. The Theory and Practice of Perspective It is not often that both vanishing points are inaccessible, still it is well to know how to proceed when this is the case. The Theory and Practice of Perspective To obtain the central line hh passing through O, we can make use of diagonals of the half squares; that is, if the other vanishing point is inaccessible, as in this case. The Theory and Practice of Perspective The manner of doing this is to produce diameter GH to the horizon till it finds its vanishing point at V. From V through 163 K draw hg, and through O� draw n�m�. The Theory and Practice of Perspective These points thus obtained will be the two vanishing points. The Theory and Practice of Perspective In this figure only one vanishing point is seen, which is to the right of the point of sight S, whilst the other is some distance to the left, and outside the picture. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Through the points thus found draw from V all those sides of the squares that have V for their vanishing point, as ab, cd, &c. The Theory and Practice of Perspective This line enables us to dispense with the long vanishing point to the left; its working has been explained at Fig. The Theory and Practice of Perspective From P draw PRV to vanishing point V, which will intersect vertical AR at R. Join MR, and this line, if produced, would meet the horizon at the other vanishing point. The Theory and Practice of Perspective From 2 draw line to V, and at 2, its intersection with AR, draw line 2 2, which will also meet the horizon at the other vanishing point. The Theory and Practice of Perspective If the cube is correctly drawn, it will be found that the lines ae, bg, &c., if produced, will meet on the horizon at this other vanishing point. The Theory and Practice of Perspective This figure shows the other method of drawing steps, which is simple enough if we have sufficient room for our vanishing points. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Then F will be the vanishing point of the shadows on the inclined plane. The Theory and Practice of Perspective Then F will be the vanishing point of the shadow. The Theory and Practice of Perspective F will be the vanishing point of the shadows on the ground. The Theory and Practice of Perspective This far-away vanishing point is one of the inconveniences of oblique or angular perspective, and therefore it will be a considerable gain to the draughtsman if we can dispense with it. The Theory and Practice of Perspective |
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