On: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 Rick Lee wrote:

> ................................Whether using a view camera or photoshop...
> buildings always seem to need something like 1 percent narrowing at the top
> or else it looks like they are actually widening at the top.

A lot of classical architecture have widening features to slightly
exaggerate a sensational of scale as part of presenting the building. For
example, Greek architecture featuring Doric columns have slightly wider
dimensions at the top. Very effective at eye level on the ground.

 Call it the human dimension, but text-book accurate pictures of
architecture often look a bit false. A series of slight corrections to
perspective of only a few pixels can make all the difference when creating
the illusion of weight suspended in space.

best

William Curwen

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