Authors and Artists

1. Authors and Artists Understanding Perspective

2. What is perspective? • Noun • the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point. • a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view. • synonyms: outlook, view, viewpoint, point of view, POV, standpoint, position, stand, stance, angle, slant, attitude, frame of mind, frame of reference, approach, way of looking, interpretation

3. Authors and artists Perspectives • Perspectives by artists are often the positions that images are viewed in relation to each other from a particular point. Perspectives may also refer to a person’s outlook on a piece of art. • Perspectives by authors are often the point of view being used in the text(1st, 2nd, 3rd limited or omniscient).

4. Artist perspectives What perspective are these photos? a. far away b. up close c. worm’s eye d. vanishing point

5. Artist perspectives What perspective are these photos? a. far away b. up close c. worm’s eye d. vanishing point

6. Artist perspectives What perspective are these photos? a. far away b. up close c. worm’s eye d. vanishing point

7. Artist perspectives What perspective are these photos? a. far away b. up close c. worm’s eye d. vanishing point

8. Author’s Perspective (point of view) • 1st Person POV • The narrator is a character in the story • Personal Pronouns (I, me, my, us, we, etc.) • 2nd person POV • The narrator tells the story to another character using “you” • Examples: Letter to someone, public speech or address, directions • 3rd Person POV • Objective: the narrator tells the story from a seemingly neutral, impersonal perspective • Limited: the narrator knows and interprets the facts according to one character • Omniscient: the narrator is all-knowing reporting the facts and interpreting events, feelings, and thoughts of seemingly any character.

9. Author’s perspective • Increasing workloads tax both physical and mental health. Unless a person is in a physically-intensive profession, a body will waste away with inactivity. Additionally, the diet suffers as more time is spent at work because people do not have the time to prepare healthy meals or, even worse, may not have time to eat at all. • 3RD PERSON POINT OF VIEW • Increasing your workload is taxing on both your physical and mental health. Unless you are in a physically-intensive profession, your body is wasting away while you are working. Additionally, your diet also suffers as you spend more time at work. No longer [do you] have the time to prepare healthy meals at home or even worse, you may not have time to eat at all. • 2ND PERSON POINT OF VIEW • I have found that increasing my workload is taxing on both my physical and mental health. Unless I am in a physically-intensive profession, my body is wasting away while I work. Additionally, my diet has also suffered as I have spent more time at work. No longer do I have the time to prepare healthy meals at home or even worse; I sometimes do not have time to eat at all. • 1ST PERSON POINT OF VIEW

10. TICKET OUT THE DOOR • Using your notes, answer the following question: • How does the perspective of the artwork below compare to an author’s use of perspectivein the narrator they create?

11. Artist and author perspectives • How does the perspective of the art (position: worm’s eye, far away, close up, etc.) affect the viewer’s relationship to the work? • How might artists use perspective to draw viewers in?