1 / 27

Understanding Perspective in Art: Techniques and Historical Context

Explore the concept of perspective in art, a technique that creates the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality. We discuss various methods such as overlapping, relative size, vertical placement, atmospheric light, and linear perspective, using notable examples like Canaletto's "The Campo di Rialto," and artworks from the Renaissance to modern interpretations. Learn how artists have manipulated perspective throughout history, including techniques like sfumato and the challenges faced, like disorientation in space. Discover the role of perspective in visual perception and its parallels in music.

tovah
Télécharger la présentation

Understanding Perspective in Art: Techniques and Historical Context

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. PERSPECTIVE

  2. Perspective – the illusion that an image has depth and 3-dimensional space (volume)

  3. TRICKS/TECHNIQUES OVERLAPPING (ORDER) RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES VERTICAL PLACEMENT ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)

  4. VERTICAL PLACEMENT & OVERLAPPING INTERPRETED AS 3 RECTANGLES

  5. NOT

  6. RELATIVE SIZE

  7. SASSETTAThe Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paulabout 1440Wood

  8. TRICKS/TECHNIQUES OVERLAPPING (ORDER) RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES VERTICAL PLACEMENT ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)

  9. Atmospheric Imitation of atmospheric effects: hues more bluish & more pale outlines less precise small details lost color contrasts muted sfumato (“vaporous”) gradual transition

  10. David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1971

  11. astronauts got disoriented on the moon because of . . .

  12. the lack of atmospheric perspective.

  13. TRICKS/TECHNIQUES OVERLAPPING (ORDER) RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES VERTICAL PLACEMENT ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)

  14. LINEAR PERSPECTIVE Vanishing point One point; central

  15. Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialtoc. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in

  16. Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialtoc. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in

  17. Vanishing points at horizon picture frame

  18. After 600 years of perspectivist tricks, a return to the flat surface in the 20th Century . . .

  19. Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II, 1966

  20. Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II, 1966 a hint of perspective . . .

  21. Gustav KlimtPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I1907138 x 138 cm

  22. The dawn of perspective

  23. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned, 1280-90 NO PERSPECTIVE flat pictorial space similar to Ancient & Byzantine works TEXTBOOK p. 185

  24. GIOTTOMadonna in Gloryc. 1311Tempera on panel128 x 90 1/2 in. suggestions of PERSPECTIVE in a GOTHIC ERA work; PERSPECTIVE is a major development of the RENAISSANCE (key words in BOLD)

  25. . . . in music? Yes! Can you tell the difference between a loud sound far away and soft sound nearby? Psycho-acoustic effects of near and far (reverb, TDOA, spectral roll-off, timbre, etc.) - used in film music, electronic music, and some orchestral music, particularly MAHLER

  26. In retrospect . . . • notice perspective, lack of perspective, and suggestions of perspective in 2-D work

More Related