Monthly Archives: September 2010

inside out…

Posted on September 28, 2010 by erica

I began using the Department’s Drishti software in 2006. As I learnt to control a 3D object in a virtual space I experienced a similar feeling to blowing or turning hot glass on a punty; I could see the object … Continue reading →

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trip the light…

Posted on September 19, 2010 by erica

‘I didn’t think, I experimented‘ The words of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) whose discovery of radioactive waves and the process of x-ray revolutionised our understanding of the physical world. Where matter was previously solid, X-ray challenged the surface or appearance … Continue reading →

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new revolutions…

Posted on September 12, 2010 by erica

In 1967 an idea occurred to Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield (1919-2004), a brilliant English electrical engineer, that one could determine what was inside a box by taking X-ray readings at all angles around the object. Prior to this he was … Continue reading →

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3D or not 3D…

Posted on September 4, 2010 by erica

Recently on ABC TV they ran a 3 part series, Baroque!, with art critic Waldemar Januszczak. In the first episode he discusses Andrea Pozzo’s (1642-1709) anamorphic fresco on the flat ceiling of the Roman Jesuit Church of St. Ignazio. It … Continue reading →

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