Comments on: Is a “Garden” the World’s Greatest New Artwork? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2011/11/is-a-garden-the-worlds-greatest-new-artwork/ An impassioned view of what's worth looking at Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: garden fountains http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2011/11/is-a-garden-the-worlds-greatest-new-artwork/#comment-69 garden fountains Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:29:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=111#comment-69 <strong>garden fountains...</strong> Is a "Garden" the World's Greatest New Artwork? | Articulations... garden fountains…

Is a “Garden” the World’s Greatest New Artwork? | Articulations…

]]> By: Kathy http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2011/11/is-a-garden-the-worlds-greatest-new-artwork/#comment-43 Kathy Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:14:03 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=111#comment-43 I wish that I could go to Paris to see Abelanet's terrestrial globe. I'd love to experience it in person. I wish that I could go to Paris to see Abelanet’s terrestrial globe. I’d love to experience it in person.

]]> By: Kathy http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2011/11/is-a-garden-the-worlds-greatest-new-artwork/#comment-41 Kathy Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:08:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=111#comment-41 Thanks for this very interesting post, and thanks for bringing this particular garden to my attention. Thanks for this very interesting post, and thanks for bringing this particular garden to my attention.

]]> By: Myrna Hoffman http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/2011/11/is-a-garden-the-worlds-greatest-new-artwork/#comment-40 Myrna Hoffman Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:49:05 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/art/?p=111#comment-40 I believe the word "anamorphosis" more accurately translates as "re-form"; i.e. "ana" = again and "morph" = form. Holbein's skull is the earliest known example of "slant anamorphosis". In "mirror anamorphosis" a reflective 3-D solid is used to decode a distorted image. Current examples of mirror anamorphosis for children can be found at OOZandOZ.com. I believe the word “anamorphosis” more accurately translates as “re-form”; i.e. “ana” = again and “morph” = form. Holbein’s skull is the earliest known example of “slant anamorphosis”. In “mirror anamorphosis” a reflective 3-D solid is used to decode a distorted image. Current examples of mirror anamorphosis for children can be found at OOZandOZ.com.

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