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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4973056, member: 44316"]Yes. I have read an article (""Perspective Systems in Roman Second Style Wall Painting, by Philip Stinson, available on JSTOR) which showed some large frescos c. 100 BC and later had local perspectives in the sense that a part of it did have something close to a vanishing point perspective and so did other parts, but different vanishing points for each part. But, further away was smaller in each part. Actually to me that seemed like a good idea because the frescos were so large you couldn't look at the whole thing at once anyway. Why should the vanishing point for the view at the top be the same as the one for the view at the bottom? </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I went to an exhibit of frescos from Oplontis (another city buried in the eruption of Vesuvius) where some pictured rectangular furniture had the far sides longer than the near sides!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, some Roman artists knew at least something about perspective, but it is rarely used on coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4973056, member: 44316"]Yes. I have read an article (""Perspective Systems in Roman Second Style Wall Painting, by Philip Stinson, available on JSTOR) which showed some large frescos c. 100 BC and later had local perspectives in the sense that a part of it did have something close to a vanishing point perspective and so did other parts, but different vanishing points for each part. But, further away was smaller in each part. Actually to me that seemed like a good idea because the frescos were so large you couldn't look at the whole thing at once anyway. Why should the vanishing point for the view at the top be the same as the one for the view at the bottom? On the other hand, I went to an exhibit of frescos from Oplontis (another city buried in the eruption of Vesuvius) where some pictured rectangular furniture had the far sides longer than the near sides! So, some Roman artists knew at least something about perspective, but it is rarely used on coins.[/QUOTE]
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