P3D Re: 3d Art Before Photography

["H. Layer" <hl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: "Sokolowski, Ray" <paa5402@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D 3d Art Before Photography
>
>In "Photographing in 3D" from Reel 3D, the author mentions that an
>ancient Greek (can't remember his name) was the first person to notice
>that each eye saw a slightly different image. ( I'm sure he wasn't the
>first person in the world who ever noticed this, but maybe the first to
>write it down. I noticed it as a kid.)
>They also mention that there were some drawings or paintings done before
>the advent of photography which displayed this phenomena. Does anybody
>know what these paintings are?
>                               Ray


Ray

You might find my article at website:

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/stereo.html

useful.  It includes a timeline chart of stereo concepts.

Be aware, however, that in spite of some claims to the contrary,
Sir Charles Wheatstone apparently was the first to discover the
technique of producing stereo pair drawings for producing stereopsis.

Hal



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