Christiane ROH <rohcris@vtx.ch> writes: > As for the BM window, I admit having a foible for complex reflections, where > the viewers can't guess immediately what is going on, or just almost get it. > Here, only half of what you see in the windows are reflections; the upper > part is a view of the inside light dome. If you need to lift any ambiguity, > download that pdf document and you'll understand more exactly what is going > on : http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/review.pdf. Well I found that > document after returning from London and discovered another similar shot in > it (p. 42). > > Now, I could need some help to understand the rest of your review : > 1) what do you intend by a coverup job ? The dictionary says it's "une > operation de camouflage" but it doesn't help really : do you mean it could > be the result of multiple layer or multiple shots ? It isn't : it is one > single shot straight from camera. > 2) The talk of keystoning is a cop-out ? "Une excuse bidon, une > échappatoire" aka a false/bad excuse, but for what ? From whom ? Does that > mean you are in disagreement with the other reviewers who judged the > keystoning disturbing ? If yes.. You are welcome ;-) Thanks for your comments. In reverse order, ^_^ means "silly"; I saw "Keystone Cops" and couldn't resist it. I looked at the British Museum page, but (a) it's 1.5 MB, and (b) it's pdf, so I got irritated, but I could see that the window we're looking at is actually on the *inside* under the arcade. As for "coverup", that isn't a very helpful expression either, really; I was trying to distinguish the fine line between the not-immediately-understandable that comes over as tantalising mystery, and the n-i-u that comes over as the artist obfuscating. And I think this is a personal thing - one person's "too confusing" is another's "delightful". In particular I remember a shot someone showed of the Louvre with the sun setting behind the ridiculous pyramid thingy. To someone who had never seen it before (there was such a reviewer) it might well seem just a muddle, but to anyone who could immediately "read" through the pyramid, the starting point was completely different. Somehow, the "handbags" (as I dimly remember) seemed to be trying to confuse us; whereas here (in the BM) the windowness of the window [gosh, I'll be in Pseud's Corner!] comes through loud and clear, and all the shadows and reflections are an extra layer. (No, sorry, I don't think that explanation is very convincing, either.) Brian Chandler ---------------- geo://Sano.Japan.Planet_3 http://imaginatorium.org/
