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03.27.2017 David Hockney’s perspective

David Hockney, Hollywood Hills studio, le 8 décembre 2015 (© Katherine McMahon)
Crossed paths

“Painters have always known there is something wrong with perspective…” – David Hockney

03.20.2017 The ‘Reverse Perspective’

Andreï Roublev (1360/70 - 1428) -  Archange Mikhaïl de Roublev de la déisis de la Dormition de Zvenigorod (1420),  Galerie Tretiakov, Moscou
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In his article called Reverse perspective written in 1919, Pavel Florenski (1882-1937) revived the true aura of the icon in relation to the universally revered art of the Renaissance.

03.17.2017 Murder in an English garden

Meurtre dans un jardin anglais (image) - film de Peter Greenaway, sorti en 1982
Crossed paths

However framed the image may be, it is neither a reflection of reality nor does it reveal the truth. It masks it.

03.10.2017 A little history of perspective (II)

Georges Braque (1882-1963) - Le Port (1909) National Gallery of art, Washington (© National Gallery of art, Washington © Adagp, Paris 2013)
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The optical illusion of perspective expresses the omnipotence of man over a Nature.

03.03.2017 A little history of perspective (I)

M.C. Escher (1898-1972) - Chute d'eau (1961)
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The science underpinning perspective was theorised and became a model during the Renaissance by the great Italian humanist artists.

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