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.

>"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.

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