Vanuit een gegeven punt een parallel trekken met de muur AB 1669

This etching, "Vanuit een gegeven punt een parallel trekken met de muur AB," was created by Sébastien Leclerc I. In it, we see a geometrical exercise, a demonstration of perspective, yet within these precise lines lie echoes of something more primal. Lines extend from points to walls. These lines remind me of threads of fate, connections across space and time. Consider the act of drawing itself, the creation of lines on a surface; it mirrors the human desire to impose order on the world, to understand and control our environment. Like Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, with the human figure inscribed within a circle and square, Leclerc seeks to find harmony through geometric precision. Yet, unlike Da Vinci, he uses the lines to guide the eye through an imagined space, binding the viewer to the scene. Such exercises in perspective are not merely technical. They are a testament to our enduring quest for meaning, a quest written in lines and angles.