Released previously in VHS format. Narrator, Andrew Sachs ; painters, Ben Johnson, Patrick Hughes.
Summary:
Tracing the use of perspective (beginning in the 15th century) a pair of painters discuss how artists at the beginning of the 20th century rebelled agianst its limitations. One then uses a computer to create a perfect perspective model for a planned painting, while the other completely subverts the rules of perspective in creating his own work.
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