15-05-2026, 10:41 PM
(15-05-2026, 08:38 PM)Bernd wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Ghiberti copies a lot of designs from Kyeser and Vegetius, just like Taccola. But he has a much better grasp on perspective
I can't tell who is the better artist, but neither of them understood what they were drawing.
Those are supposed to be well-known devices for lifting water (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. or You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.; but their shapes, placement relative to the water bodies, and the flow of water are all utterly wrong.
Are those images from original manuscripts by Ghiberti, Taccola, etc? Or from copies thereof, made by mindless scribes?
All the best, --stolfi