Tag Archives: Donatello Gattamelata

PERSPECTIVE ON A VANISHING POINT: THE MATHEMATICS OF OBSESSION

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Dave

“It was said of Uccello that the discovery of perspective had so impressed him that he spent nights and days drawing objects in foreshortening, and setting himself ever new problems. His fellow artists used to tell that he was so … Continue reading →

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LET HE WHO CASTS THE FIRST BRONZE

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Dave

The long history of bronze has had many dark ages spaced through it, and the lost sculptures overwhelmingly outnumber the survivals. Among them the bronze Colossus of Rhodes, a wonder of the world, stood a hundred and twenty feet high … Continue reading →

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