02-26-2005, 02:35 PM
I agree, there's something about a 'natural flow' in images. I can see why anyone would think of 'the old flowing into the new' (scuplture into photograph) as a flow from left to right.<br>
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There's an anecdote about that from WWII. When Nazi Germany's armies were battling in Russia, the moviemakers were made to shoot <em>all</em> movement of troops and vehicles from left to right. The reason for this was the assumption that a vehicle moving left to right was seen as 'advancing', while a movement from right to left was seen as 'retreating'! <p>Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
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There's an anecdote about that from WWII. When Nazi Germany's armies were battling in Russia, the moviemakers were made to shoot <em>all</em> movement of troops and vehicles from left to right. The reason for this was the assumption that a vehicle moving left to right was seen as 'advancing', while a movement from right to left was seen as 'retreating'! <p>Valete,<br>
Valerius/Robert<br>
[url=http://www.fectio.org.uk/" target="top]fectienses seniores[/url]</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p200.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=vortigernstudies>Vortigern Studies</A> at: 2/26/05 3:36 pm<br></i>
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
