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 The images from this exhibition are here: THE SENSATION OF LOOKING IMAGES


 

THE SENSATION OF LOOKING

1            Japanese woodblock print, my collection

2            Moghul miniature painting, my collection

3            Visual cues of depth showing a vanishing point

4            Anonymous, Perspective Race, Flickr blog

5            Rosie is puzzled, Canon Camera Blog accessed 5th October 2010 (ref. Father Ted)

6            Lawrence Wright, cited text

7            The Master of the Barbareni Panels, The Annunciation, c. 1450

8            Paolo Uccello, Battle of San Romano, c.1445

9            Paolo Uccello, Perspective Study of a Chalice, 1430-1440

10            Wifeframe model of a mug

11            Wireframe model, Wolf Fire blog, accessed October 4th 2010

12            Wireframe model, Wolf Fire blog, accessed October 4th 2010 (rendered)

13            Glenn Dean, Hollywood Star Ready To Go, n.d

14            Staircase with multiple vanishing points

15            Avatar 3D, 2009, James Cameron

16            Avatar 3D, 2009, James Cameron

17            Predator Drone MQ-1B

18            5th October Drone Attack in Pakistan, The Guardian online, 5th October 2010

19            Georeferencing on Small UAVs (Nevada desert), 20o7?

20            When Drones Attack, n.d.

21            HAWX2, Beta version cut scene screen grab, Ubisoft software

 

22            Andrea Mantegna, The Camera degli Sposi, Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, 1473

23            Raphael, Expulsion of Heliodorus, Stanza d'Eliodoro, Vatican, Rome, 1512

24            Veronese, Feast in the House of Levi, 1573

25            Parmigianino, Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, 1523-24

26            Jan van Eyck,  The Arnolfini Marriage, 1434

27            Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Marriage, with diagrammatic perspectives

28            Michelangelo, cited text

29            The Limbourg Brothers, October, from Les Très Riches Heures, c.1415

30            Jan and Hubert van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, detail

31            Albrecht Altdorfer, Battle of Alexander, 1529

32            Jan Chrisaenz Micker, View of Amsterdam, n.d.

33            Andreas Wallsberger, World Map, 1448

34              Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Marriage, detail

35            Jan Vermeer, The Artist in his Studio, c. 1666

36            Jan Vermeer, Maidservant Pouring Milk, c.1660

37            Jan Vermeer, Maidservant Pouring Milk, detail

38            Jan Vermeer, Head of a Girl with a Pearl Earring, c.1665

39            Jan Vermeer, Head of a Girl with  a Pearl Earring, detail, black-and-white

40            Book jacket of Tracy Chevalier's novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Harper Collins, 2001

41            Paul Kilsby, Ruby as Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, 2004

42            Johann Zahn, Camera Obscura Portabilis, 1685

43            Leonardo da Vinci, cited text, c. 1500

44            Descartes, from La Dioptrique, 1637 (ox eye experiment)

46            Athanasius Kircher, Large Portable Camera Obscura, 1646

47            Jan Vermeer, Girl Asleep at a Table, 1656

48            Jan Vermeer, Girl Asleep at a Table, 1656, black and white

49            Jan Vermeer, Girl in a Red Hat, c. 1667

50            Jan Vermeer, Girl in a Red Hat, detail

51            Titian, Rape of Europa, 1559-62 (detail)

52            Titian, Rape of Europa, 1559-62

53            Jan Vermeer,  View of Delft, c. 1660 (detail)

54            Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1892

55            Claude Monet, Rouen Cathedral, 1892

56            Jan Vermeer, The Lacemaker, c.1665

57            Jan Vermeer, The Lacemaker, c. 1665, black and white

58            Geoges Seurat, Broderie: La mère de l'artist, 1882-83

 

 

Recommended reading:

 

Svetlana Alpers, The Art of Describing, Pelican, 1983

David Hockney, A Secret History, 2002 (and DVD)

Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pear Earring, Harper Collins, 2001