Dear Andreas,
A wonderful resource! Thank you. And thank you Zürich!
It is of course an illustration of a concept
rather than a plausible device. Consider the
palaver involved in actually taking the
successive measurements. But a very nice lute.
Also have a look at page 100 with its Monument to
Commemorate a Victory over the Rebelious Peasants
and the associated text on page 99 for an example
of Durer's bitter sense of humour!
There are also a couple of other perspective
scenes in Part Two of 1538 which show his
lighter sense of fun. I'm thinking of the
voluptuous woman reclining on a table while the
elderly artist gazes at her through a grid with
his eye positioned by a sharp pointer. The whole
thing very suggestive! I show them both in an
essay on the lute picture at:
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/jul99/month.htm
Best wishes,
David
At 20:39 +0200 4/5/12, Andreas Schlegel wrote:
Have a look at this:
http://www.e-rara.ch/zuz/misc/content/titleinfo/2475220
Page 178 is "our" picture, but here's also the context!
Enjoy!
Andreas
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