Perspective study of a sphere on a stand
Red-chalk exercise in the perspective of a wireframe globe
Executed in red chalk, the page is an exercise in the perspective of a sphere. A globe is drawn as a wireframe of latitude and longitude lines, resting on a splayed tripod-like stand whose legs converge toward a base line below. The construction lets the curved gridlines of the sphere be studied as the solid is seen in perspective.
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Wireframe sphere seen in perspective
A sphere is drawn as a net of crossing latitude and longitude lines and set on a splayed stand. The caption describes the drawing as an exercise in perspective applied to the sphere, studying how such a curved grid reads when the solid recedes in space.