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Inverse Perspective - Aidan Hart
Inverse Perspective
by Aidan Hart
Aidan Hart discusses the different perspective systems used in icons
With inverse perspective the lines of a building do not converge on a point on the horizon, inside the painting, but instead they converge on us, the viewers. This serves to include us in the action depicted. The Orthodox hymns make it plain that a sacred event in the past is still acting on us today: “Today Christ is born”, they say, “Today Christ is risen. Let us join with the angels in praising His third day resurrection!”