Parallel Lines Meeting at a Point of Infinity

A Straight Line as a Circle Whose Center is at Infinity

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The contrasting themes and traditions in Classical and Baroque Sculpture

Desargues

Brouillon Project (cont.)

Desargues made the assumption that all the points at infinity lie on one line, which corresponds to the horizon line or vanishing line of the image of a projection, parallel lines meeting at a point of infinity, and regarding a straight line as circle whose center is at infinity.