1/28/2004
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Principle 3: 3D World Gets
Projected to 2D
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How 3 dimensions get flattened into 2 on retina—
reconstructed to 3D in brain
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Natural perspective: why moon can block sun
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Formal rules of linear perspective: Brunelleschi et al
(more on this later in course)
Remember, “principles” really mean “conditions we can’t change”. This is one of the conditions we operate under.
Masaccio
Braque