On Sun, 30 Jan 2000 01:29:53 +0100, Remco de Korte wrote:
>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?

True, in some cases (when the camera isn't looking at the horizon.)  
And of course when the lines aren't parallel to the axes, they often
have a vanishing point all their own, so my statement that two is 
enough is just plain wrong.  But in the case of this picture, more 
than one is a mistake.

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