Tuesday, March 25
The technique of linear perspective, a sub-branch of astrology, was pursued and ultimately invented in the basic conviction that all visible experience is reducible to numerical equations. This mathematical order, it was believed, is a reflection of the divine order of the universe. In this context, the overriding prominence of the perspective itself becomes meaningful. Ottavio called on Piero, the master mathematician, to provide an important perspective framework, with astrological overtones, to illustrate the inevitable place of consolation within the scheme of God's order.
