Recog ch 2

[David Morris]

Unless I'm mis-remembering this scene, Wyatt picks up the perspective
from the floor as a way of diverting attention to the larger painting
leaning against and facing the wall.  That hidden painting is the
important one.

David Morris

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 5:59 AM, alice wellintown
<alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
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> He shows the lines and the vanishing point to his father; the tension WG builds into this moment makes it seem like a dramatic moment, even a climax of some kind. But of what? Is it that Wyatt has discovered a basic technique of the artist, one that has been used to add realism to works in European art for over 600 years? Is there also some metaphysical epiphany?