From Leonardo to the present, new exhibition explores history of conveying 3D on the page
(Artdaily.org)

Thinking 3D: From Leonardo to the Present, a new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, explores how artists and scientists have learned to convey three-dimensional objects on the page over the last 500 years. This unique exhibition features rare drawings by Leonardo da Vinci, displaying his virtuoso talent for representing 3D observations and ideas in graphic form, and showcases some of the Bodleian Libraries’ finest books, manuscripts, prints and drawings. Thinking 3D shows how technological advances, from the invention of the printing press and new illustration techniques to photography, stereoscopy and 3D modeling, have allowed authors and artists to share their ideas with the world. For centuries artists, illustrators and scientists have wrestled with the challenge of how to communicate three dimensions on two dimensional media. How did architects show plans for buildings and represent 3D objects on paper? How were obs