BLANK MIND OF MINE

Most ironically, the reflected edge of the bar, which in an offset view would tilt more acutely to the right, is revealed to be a visual decoy, leading us to believe that the vanishing point lies directly behind the barmaid. Thus, the paintings most obvious perspectival clue turns out to be its most subversive perspectival violation.

from the Lavender and Red Union, a group of communists who wrote this in 1975.

The glory of fish scales revealed by the microscope. Katechismus der Natuur. Catechism of Nature. J.F. Martinet. 1778.

The caption reads in translation: See here the beautifully varied scales of fish, shown enlarged through the Microscope! Stand in awe of their Beauty, variety, thinness, strength and regularity!