Perspective Trick
March 20th, 2011This English Gothic church seems to use the Rennaisance technique of perspective distortion to enhance its presence on Church Street.
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Why do buildings look the way they do? Geoffrey Gainer explains San Francisco architecture for non-architects.Search
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