I must interject here to say that the usual vanishing point perspective is a visual code that reflects a "taste" or preference for one particular way to project 3-d space on a flat surface. Perspective is not science or truth re vision. It is a system based in geometry. It is false in demonstrating reality, even if we close one eye. (I've commented on how we really see before, citing professional sources, but am always ignored).
The rail tracks do not meet in the distance except in perspectival, fantasy space. The tops of level buildings don't tilt to the ground. People in the distance are not really tiny. I agree with Miller here. You can't exclude taste from art instruction, even if you teach one taste today and another tomorrow. There are other perspective systems that don't rely on the vanishing point. It depends on your taste. WC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'll keep this short, making myself stick to one > example. > > When I was a boy the only "artists" I was familiar > with were Hal Foster, > Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond, Willy Pogany, Al > Hirschfeld, Norman Rockwell, and, > thanks to the library, George Bridgman. (You have to > forgive me a little bit > because I lived in a small Connecticut community > with no art school and not > even a museum.) > > I wanted to do what those "artists" did. So I went > to that good old library > and took out books on "drawing". One of the things > I learned with happy > astonishment was the "laws" of perspective. (They > were much easier to learn than > Bridgman's "The Seven Law of Folds".) > > Here's my question for Chris. Given my philosophy of > language positions, I > grant you can inflate the word 'taste' to cover damn > near anything, but with > your honest notion of "taste" I ask this: > Accepting that many art schools > have quickie courses on perspective, do you really > believe that all the art > schools ever teach is "taste"? > > > ************** > Planning your summer road trip? Check > out AOL Travel Guides. > > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)
