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Page 65
For while it is true that constructive shading operates essentially by throwing a flat
surface into optical relief , it may also serve to add false relief to a surface already
curved . Many beautiful examples are seen in the cryptic patterns of snakes ...
For while it is true that constructive shading operates essentially by throwing a flat
surface into optical relief , it may also serve to add false relief to a surface already
curved . Many beautiful examples are seen in the cryptic patterns of snakes ...
Page 93
CONCEALMENT OF THE CONTOUR Disruptive patterns may be applied to the
surfaces of solid bodies for two fundamental purposes namely , for the disguise of
surface , and for the obliteration of contour . Hitherto we have examined the ...
CONCEALMENT OF THE CONTOUR Disruptive patterns may be applied to the
surfaces of solid bodies for two fundamental purposes namely , for the disguise of
surface , and for the obliteration of contour . Hitherto we have examined the ...
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Now in such cases , not only is there firstly a general obliteration of the caterpillar
' s solidity and relief by counter - pigmentation , which produces the effect of a flat
surface ; but secondly upon this apparently flat surface is superimposed in fake ...
Now in such cases , not only is there firstly a general obliteration of the caterpillar
' s solidity and relief by counter - pigmentation , which produces the effect of a flat
surface ; but secondly upon this apparently flat surface is superimposed in fake ...
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