Dr Sass…maintained that in paradise, until the time of the fall, the whole world was flat, the back-curtain of the Lord, and that it was the devil who invented a third dimension. Thus are the words ‘straight’, ‘square’, and ‘flat’ the words of noblemen, but the apple was an orb, and the sin of our first parents, the attempt at getting around God. I myself much prefer the art of painting to sculpture . Karen Blixen
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In this quote by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, he stresses the importance of the artist. Art is a form of expression. It is a reflection of a person’s soul. In this case, the artist is explaining the importance of perspective in his art.

Perspective lets the viewer know how far away from a subject a subject is. Without perspective, it would be difficult to tell how something is positioned in space. Perspective gives depth and meaning to the art as well as helping you to understand where it is placed in space.

Also, with perspective, you can see beyond what you see now and into what you will see later. This idea is applicable to life as well as art because life has an end and death comes for everyone eventually. When we live our lives and bring meaning and beauty to our lives, we can create artwork that will last forever and make this world a better place because we were able to make this world better for those who come after us.

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