Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 03:21:52 -0800, Peter Warren wrote:
> >
> >Ron Parker wrote in message ...
> >>Perspective came along fairly late in the game, so most "old" art
> >>doesn't look right.  Da Vinci's "The Last Supper"
> >>for
> >>example, has zillions of vanishing points.  At least he tried to
> >>establish depth, though.
> >Wow, honored, as always, to speak to you.
> 
> I can't imagine why.
> 
> >Zillions?, uh, for sure.
> 
> Well, it should only have two, so more than two is a mistake.

Three?

> 
> >"At least?", I think he did an ok job, would you disagree?
> 
> I think he did okay, too.  My point was that this was one painting
> that was done before the notion of perspective drawing took off.
> Most painters of the time wouldn't have even tried, so their work
> appears flat.
> 

There are some really funny 'mistakes' with perspective in paintings
from the earlier ages. On the other hand there are several other
techniques to create a sense of depth. Da Vinci's anatomic drawings are
quite convincing.



Oooooo......(shut up!)

Remco

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