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To: metmom
By the way, I just looked at two image searches, and there isn't a single one one the first many pages that shows Michelangelo's intended viewing angle of the Pietà.

You can see Michelangelo's perspective technique also in his statue of David, which like the Pietà is mounted on a high pedestal; but when viewed directly on, the head appears larger than natural:


20 posted on 04/16/2022 8:41:54 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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Pursuant to what Albion Wilde said in #20.

https://pixels.com/featured/michelangelos-david-matt-macmillan.html


28 posted on 04/17/2022 9:23:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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