EURO ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Panoramic Painting
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Cusa one of the first thinkers of modernity. In a sense, nicholas of cusa is still a medieval thinker: he says there is no proportion/comparison between god as infinite and human beings is finite. But on the other hand, it is telling that he turns to mathematics. The idea that at infinity a circle in a sense becomes a straight line. We can"t quite wrap our heads around that, but we also sort of can. This is a case of bringing the infinite into the world . My point is, this is also what is going on with convergent or linear perspective. Linear perspective celebrates our ability to grasp the infinite. Even if at the cost of limiting our vantage point to the ideal position. So, linear or convergent perspective is powerful. It changes the way humans understand their relation to the divine and the way they see the world.
