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The "distortions" of the two-point system can be readily
observed in this display. The top edge of the image rectangle
is the horizon line, and the two recessional points are in the
upper left and right corners.
The gray slabs distort as their shapes extend toward the
bottom of the rectangle.
But the green cubic form, sitting in the center near the top
of the field, appears without marked distortion.
To summarize, the logic of point-perspective systems is not the
logic of our three dimensional perceptions of the external world.
Parts of it seem to fit well enough, but the system as a whole will
always contain visual distortions.
Secondly, other types of systems will produce other perspective
grids with interesting, if useless, space projections. These help to
stretch the imagination and deepen our wonder.
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