Tuesday, September 30, 2003

At the Loch. Armin has put up more of his Scotland pictures, even a quicktime panorama (1.3MB). Fantastic. 6:00:02 PM     |

At the Mountains of Madness. Innsbruck on old postcards. This is from the austrian literature online website, which is fantastic: lots (and I mean LOTS!) of digitised books and documents. 5:48:34 PM     |

Proper Radios. At last. At Gollum's Crystal Receiver World and at Wumpus's Old Radio World. Those Radio collectors surely have funny names. 4:11:23 PM     |

Devices of Wonder. Very nice and interactive exhibition with lots of optical toys. Brilliant. 7:48:40 AM     |

Art & Optics. David Hockney about artists who cheat. 7:34:31 AM     |

A Matter of Perspective. A few references about everything perspective. Interesting: P.Le Dubreuil, La Perspective pratique , Paris, 1642, translated by E.Chambers, undated, c1730. Dubreuil's La Perspective pratique , was first published anonymously, and then fast became the definitive perspective book for architects, artists and other interested parties. The English translation, rich in plates and concise intruction, was given a new introduction by Mr.Hodgson. According to Lawrence Wright ( Perspective in Perspective , RKP London 1983) the book remianed standard until the publication of Pozzo's Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum in Rome in 1693 with a London edition in 1707. 7:22:53 AM     |