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For these must depend ultimately upon modifications of the visual signs which
reach the observer's eye . ... to detect in the field , it will therefore be helpful first to
enquire what are the optical principles upon which recognition by sight depends .
For these must depend ultimately upon modifications of the visual signs which
reach the observer's eye . ... to detect in the field , it will therefore be helpful first to
enquire what are the optical principles upon which recognition by sight depends .
Page 55
THE RELATION BETWEEN ADJACENT ELEMENTS IN THE PATTERN In the
foregoing pages I have attempted to show that the success of a disruptive design
depends upon the obliteration of form by means of superimposed patterns .
THE RELATION BETWEEN ADJACENT ELEMENTS IN THE PATTERN In the
foregoing pages I have attempted to show that the success of a disruptive design
depends upon the obliteration of form by means of superimposed patterns .
Page 166
Thayer rightly stressed the point that artistic sensibility is necessary for the
appreciation of the principles upon which concealment depends , but one does
not need to see like an artist to be deceived by their application . It might just as
well be ...
Thayer rightly stressed the point that artistic sensibility is necessary for the
appreciation of the principles upon which concealment depends , but one does
not need to see like an artist to be deceived by their application . It might just as
well be ...
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Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
VARIABLE COLOUR RESEMBLANCE | 20 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONCEALMENT BY COUNTERSHADING | 35 |
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