Practice question · Multiple choice
A painter places a standing figure's feet exactly on the horizon line, and a tutor says the figure now reads as standing infinitely far away. Why does the construction force that reading?
Hints
- Ask where the ground plane goes as the distance increases without limit.
- The horizon is the limit of the ground, not a place on it.
Show the answer
C. The horizon projects the ground at infinity, so feet placed there denote an infinite distance
Why
The ground plane projects higher and higher as distance increases, and the horizon is the limit it approaches and never reaches. Feet placed on it therefore correspond to no finite point on the ground at all. The figure has not been put far away; it has been put nowhere the ground plane can supply.
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