please empty your brain below

“17th century technology wasn't up to creating a shimmering flat surface” - well, we had some still pools of water in the time of Charles II, including the long “canals” in Dutch and French style formal gardens.

The Greek myth of Narcissus, falling in live with his own reflection in a pool of water, is an ancient example. “The Architecture of Likes” is perhaps a modern instance of narcissism.
'Pictures (that aren't portraits) look better in landscape' is the hill I am willing to die on. Several thousand years of art can't be wrong.
This could explain why so may of England's most famous cathedrals are positioned right next to rivers.










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