I am no art historian, but I must (IMHO) say that there seems to be as
much wrong with this picture as there is right: the perspective of the bouts
is perfect; the perspective of the tuning head is twisted; a supplementary
bridge too narrow and flat to match the fretboard.
Why would an extra, or for that matter broken, bridge be left lying on the
soundboard of the instrument where it could rattle most unpleasntly? Either
the thing had sympathetic strings not depicted (nor unheard of), or perhaps
this segment of art was done by an apprentice to Viti (a not uncommon practice).
Regards,
Leonard Williams
When some ancient people received reports of huge skulls with one large
hole in the center of the "face", they concluded that the large nasal opening
of what turned out to be an elephant skull was an eye socket--hence there must
be cyclopeans out there. With all due respect, I think we need a more
accurately detailed picture before drawing (no pun intended) conclusions.
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From: "Roger E. Blumberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2004/12/02 Thu PM 10:10:14 EST
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Viola perspective
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From: "rosinfiorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:50 PM
Subject: Viola perspective
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> Hi Roger, i just got home now late and will read your messages
tomorrow--sorry for the delay.
> Now i only red the last one and will reply quickly to it:
> No doubt it will be a leaning bridge, or badly drawn (perspectivewise)
bridge, the way it is on the picture. However, i don't know what the
reputation of this artist Viti is but i can do better than him even while
sleeping (am joking, not being rude-hehe). Notice that his perspective of
the pegbox of the instument is completely twisted already: the pegbox is
twisted and it looks as if it should belong to another viola that is seen
much more from the right side view. I like the drawing though, doesn't
matter the "faults" :))
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yes, I agree, and noticed, that the peg head is not the best of renderings.
It's foreshortening is also either a bit off or it might actually better
coincide with and aqurately reflect a peghead originally designed to hold
only 4 or 5 pegs, hence it is actually shorter in scale than it could or
should be.
The bow hair edge might be tucked under a bit more too.
We'll see, who knows. You'all could be right.
Roger
> > Hi Rosinfiorini;
> > let me just clearify that the problem with the bridge in general, and
the
> > way you've connected those dots, is that this artist _knows_ how to draw
> > good perspective. If you look at the right side edge of the viol's face,
as
> > it drops down the side of instrument, all the well exicuted perspective
and
> > geometry of those boxy edges and sides of the middle waist bout, you can
see
> > how true this is. Now if you go back the the bridge, if it were all one
> > connected piece, it's perspective (in relation to all other prespective
on
> > the viol) would be way off -- the work of a talented 5 year old perhaps,
but
> > not Viti. That rendering would not pass muster, would never get out the
door
> > (or on the wall) with Viti's name and reputation attached to it, I
believe.
> > So, if for no other reason, that's why I'm not ready to accept that
we're
> > looking at one connected piece of bridgework.
> >
> > In your minds eye, imagine standing a boxed deck of cards or cigarette
pack
> > upright on it's long narrow edge on top of the face of that instrument,
> > perpendicular to the face of the viola.
> > http://www.thecipher.com/viol_TimoteoViti_c1500Madonna-italy.jpg
> > can you see the kind of perspective it would create, and the kind of
> > perspective Viti would have seen? He sees the correct perspective just 2
or
> > 3 inches away at the right side of the instrument, so why can't he see
it
> > for the bridge?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Roger
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> Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr
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