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Re: Nymphs and 3-space...?



Nick Pelling wrote:

> So my question is: when did people start to talk (and think) in terms of
> three dimensions? And, then, what was the development of the concept of
> 3-space, especially during 1400-1500? And in what terms were three
> dimensions described during that time?

Wasn't the concept of perspective (i.e. three dimensions represented in a
two-dimensional drawing) developed during the Renaissance?

Bruce