Lost Center: How Medieval Art and Children’s Drawings Challenge Our View of Reality

What children want the most is to have someone looking at them.

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There is a popular belief that, up until the Renaissance, people were unaware of the laws of linear perspective — that’s why we find reverse perspective in many medieval paintings and icons. Distant objects are depicted as larger than the ones closer to the viewer.

This understanding is challenged by the fact that many ancient Greek and Ro…