Dear Mary Claire:
One of the founding myths of drawing, at least for the highly controled
drawing is the Origin of Geometry told by Herodotus.
The Egipcian priests where able to calculate the area and the limits of the
lands and reconstruct the boundaries of property after the Nile's floods.
This deals with representation and the use of abstract models to face
environment.
The other interesting Myth is the origin of Painting by Plinio: The girl
that copies the shadow of her lover before he goes overseas.
Water seems to be present in both as place of possible oblivion. Drawing
(conceptual and mimetical)is the device that overcames the possible erasure
that water symbolises. Facing the environment seem to be, therefore, deeply
rooted on the origins of drawing.
Best whishes for your work,
Eduardo
Eduardo Corte-Real
PhD Arch
Ass. Prof.
Researcher at UNIDCOM/IADE
ESD/IADE
Av. D. Carlos I, 4
1200-649 Lisboa
Portugal
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