Re: VMs: Hello to all...

[Nick Pelling <nickpelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,

At 17:50 11/02/2005 -0700, John E Koontz wrote:
> However, I'm not convinced that the central rosette particularly resembles
> St. Marks'!  Perhaps it does resemble Hagia Sophia a bit more, though I
> don't see anything else that particularly suggests Constantinople /
> Istanbul.

I know it's a bit of a subtle point to get across, but I'm not actually 
arguing that it strongly resembles St Mark's: but rather, that the 
*structure of the view depicted in the central rosette* resembles the 
*structure of the view looking down on St Mark's Basilica from the top of 
the Campanile*.

By the same token, it couldn't be Hagia Sophia because (AFAIK) there isn't 
/ wasn't a vantage point over it where that visual structure could be 
captured (unless Leonardo took a flying machine with him to Istanbul to 
help him design a bridge <g> ).

I hope that makes sense! :-o

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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