Another Contrast in the Illusion of Depth

Tres Riche Heures, (a Book of Hours)
the month of April
painted by the Limbourg brothers
between 1412 and 1416
(i.e. before development of perspective)
Piazza San Marco -- Looking Southeast
painted by Canaletto
between 1735 and 1740
Let no one who is not a mathematician read my works.
Leonardo da Vinci, painter etc (1452-1519)
Without [knowledge of geometry], no one can either be or become an absolute artist.
Albrecht Dürer, painter and woodcut designer (1471- 1528 )


Next-Brunelleschi and Dürer!
Next -optics!


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