April 2011
Beginner
256 pages
5h 40m
English
If you ask someone to draw a picture of a coffee cup, chances are they’ll draw something that looks something like Figure 5.1.
Figure 5.1. How we “see” objects in our heads

In fact, Stephen Palmer (1981) traveled around the world and asked people to draw a coffee cup. Figure 5.2 shows examples of what they drew.
Figure 5.2. What most people drew when asked to draw a coffee cup

What’s interesting about these drawings is the angle and perspective. A few of the cups are sketched straight ...
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