PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS
Perspective – the illusion that an image has depth and 3-dimensional space (volume)
What do these paintings have in common?
The School of Athens
TRICKS/TECHNIQUES
OVERLAPPING (ORDER)
RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC
LIGHT
LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)
VERTICAL PLACEMENT & OVERLAPPING
INTERPRETED AS 3 RECTANGLES
David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1971
astronauts got disoriented on the moon because of . . .
the lack of atmospheric perspective.
TRICKS/TECHNIQUES
OVERLAPPING (ORDER)
RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC
LIGHT
LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
One point; central
Vanishing point
Can you find the vanishing point?
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialto
c. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in
Can you find the vanishing point?
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialto
c. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in
The Delivery of the Keys1 point perspective
Place de l’Europe on a Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte
2 point perspective
Vanishing points at horizon
picture frame
Ascending and DescendingBy M.C. Escher
3 point perspective
After 600 years of perspectivist tricks, a
return to the flat surface in the 20th Century . . .
Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II,
1966
Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II,
1966
a hint of perspective . . .
Gustav KlimtPortrait of Adele
Bloch-Bauer I1907
138 x 138 cm
Art 7: Monster Under the Bed : 1 point perspectiveExamples of Bedroom
Art 8: Chiaroscuro Hallway Design : 1 point perspectiveExamples of chiaroscuro
Art 9: Surrealist Cityscape :2 point perspectiveSurrealism power pointExamples of surrealist cityscape