I agree with Mike Mallory's comment. Boris Shoshensky -- "Mike Mallory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But isn't linear perspective better described as a learned model for encoding and decoding visual images rather than a matter of taste. One could teach Western perspectives to an art student even though the teacher preferred, as a matter of taste, an Asian perspectival approach which does not diminish the size of the elements upon distance.
Mike Mallory ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Conger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: What does the art teacher see ? >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) _____________________________________________________________ Lose up to 20 lbs in one month with a new diet. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/REAK6aBdyQwhIFIm0wDRzv584tDTWD TQbQaFxNyMoSRUEbHKFGqxVa/
