Groups of people in medieval painting were unrealistically squished against the front of the picture (probably the way it feels to be lined up at the Uffizi Museum) as in this detail from a Duccio painting (1308).
A more naturalistic arrangement of figures was a benefit of understanding perspective in renaissance painting as in this Masaccio detail (1426)
I started to appreciate tourists almost as if they were figure groupings in paintings. Compare this detail from a Ghirlandaio (1486) to a photo (2008).
Here a few more snapshots of tourists to enjoy.
5 comments:
I love the similarity between the tourists and the Ghirlandaio detail!
We want you to come home but I'm going to miss your blog. Leslie
Clever observations, super examples. Ghirlandaio, Ghirlandaio!
Let's overlay transparencies of the photographs and shift them around for even more crowd scenes. Cut/paste, bring to front, send to back.
Especially fond of the first two tourist photographs (as one scrolls down).
That's great, wonderful observations and interesting comparisons. People are wonderful objects to observe ;-) and tourists are the most curious masterpieces to explore ;-))
This is the video I was talking about.
http://www.magix-photos.com/mapper/?service=1&id=320621&l=it_IT_magix
Unfortunately the quality isn't too good, so you miss some details... Have fun! Ciao
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markus from florence
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