PERSPECTIVE: Outline of Topics
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Definition of perspective
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Empirical linear perspective: Duccio
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One-point perspective: Railroad track; Alberti diagram
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One-point perspective: Masaccio’s Trinity; other Renaissance examples
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Venetian box perspective
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Atmospheric perspective
Definition of PERSPECTIVE:
Any systematic technique that creates an illusion of depth
on a two-dimensional surface.
Techniques could include the use of:
- receding lines (as in linear perspective)
- changes in color
- changes in clarity
(as in atmospheric perspective)
Empirical Linear Perspective
DUCCIO, Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, from the Maesta
altarpiece, 1308-11.
Empirical Linear Perspective
DUCCIO, Annunciation of the Death of the Virgin, from the Maesta
altarpiece, 1308-11.
1-point Linear Perspective: parallel lines appearing to converge in distance
1-point Linear Perspective: parallel lines appearing to converge in distance
Alberti on One-point Linear Perspective
Alberti on One-point Linear Perspective
Horizon line
Alberti on One-point Linear Perspective
Vanishing point
Alberti on One-point Linear Perspective
Orthogonals
Alberti on One-point Linear Perspective
Vanishing point
Horizon line
Orthogonals
Masaccio, The Trinity, c.1425
Sta. Maria Novella, Florence
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Donatello, The Feast of Herod, c.1425
Donatello, The Feast of Herod, c.1425
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, c.1495-98
Milan, Sta. Maria della Grazie
Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, c.1495-98
Milan, Sta. Maria della Grazie
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-11
Vatican Palace, Stanza della Segnatura
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-11
Vatican Palace, Stanza della Segnatura
Venetian Box Perspective
Titian, Venus of Urbino, c.1535
Venetian Box Perspective
Titian, Venus of Urbino, c.1535
Venetian Box Perspective
Venetian Box Perspective
Venetian Box Perspective
Atmospheric Perspective
Atmospheric Perspective (in addition to 1 - pt. Perspective)
Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys to St. Peter, c.1481
Sistine Chapel, Vatican
Atmospheric Perspective (in addition to 1 - pt. Perspective)
Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys to St. Peter, c.1481
Sistine Chapel, Vatican