“…By making the lower parts of the image proportionately smaller than the object depicted and the upper parts larger, a phantasmatic image will falsely appear to have the proportions of the thing it is an imitation of. 10 The example also works the other way around: If one wants a small image (appear to be) of something great, one makes the lower parts of the image larger and the upper parts smaller.…”
“…By making the lower parts of the image proportionately smaller than the object depicted and the upper parts larger, a phantasmatic image will falsely appear to have the proportions of the thing it is an imitation of. 10 The example also works the other way around: If one wants a small image (appear to be) of something great, one makes the lower parts of the image larger and the upper parts smaller.…”
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