Giorgio Vasari argued that the polyvalent term disegno in the Cinquecento should unite the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture in the Accademia del Disegno. The nature of invention, or invenzione in the united arts, was not as united; it was not the same for architecture as it was for painting. Alberti, as is well known, argued for the status of painting to be a liberal art modelled on...

My initial premise is that virtual heritage environments currently do not provide a sense of‘cultural’ engagement, and, secondly, that is it important to fulfill these needs. Indeed, howcan we develop virtual environments for cultural applications that successfully evoke a senseof engagement or immersion?This paper suggests that the above issue has been indirectly addressed ...