----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roger E. Blumberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 3:32 AM Subject: Re: pegbox drawing
> > maybe the Viti is a fresco up high on a wall, perhaps even curved surface, > > and viewed from the floor some few things might pull together a bit better? > > I don't know. > > > > Roger > Quite a bit of distortion practiced by the Mannerist painters was > deliberate, and determined by the intended hanging place for the picture. > I don't remember if earlier artists (such as Viti) were aware of this > technique. > RT I wasn't sure when it started either. Google says Mannerists are late Renaissance. But like you say, who knows when it started -- not me. Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
