Linear Perspective

LINEAR PERSPECTIVEArt 1 Ms. Bailey

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece, 1423

Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, The Annunciation, triptych, c. 1425-1430

Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, 1481-1483

Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-1511

2 MAIN TYPES OF PERSPECTIVEEmpirical Perspective

relies on observation, not a set of rules

Uses angles, intersection points, plumb lines, and visual measurement (1:1 Ratio) (what we used for

the still life drawings)

Linear Perspective

Uses a scientific method as a set of rules to draw forms in a realistic 3D way on a 2D surface (your paper)

Illustrations of the picture plane or your 2D piece of paper

Linear Perspective is attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi, an Italian Early Renaissance artist.

The use of Perspective began c. 1450 CE

Artists began to see the picture plane as a transparent window through which the observer looks to see the constructed pictorial world. “rationalization of sight”

Look “through” a picture in to the painted “world”

Trompe l’oeil = “trick of the eye”the eye is tricked into believing that a painting

is real, how realistic something looks

ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE Used to draw and create forms with planes

that are parallel to the picture plane and viewer

The front plane of the object is closest to you

TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE Used to draw and create forms without

planes parallel to the picture plane and viewerThe edge is the closest to you

COMPARE:

Height= verticals Width= horizontals Depth= convergent

lines

Height= verticals Width= convergent

lines Depth= convergent

lines

One Point Perspective 2 Point Perspective

TYPES OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVEOne Point Perspective Two Point Perspective

One Point Perspective Two Point Perspective

DEVELOPMENT OF PERSPECTIVE

EARLY RENAISSANCE C. 1450 CE

Before (Gothic): After (Renaissance):

Homework:Find two pictures that show 1&2 point perspective. Tape it to a larger sheet of paper & using a ruler locate the Horizon Line, Vanishing Points, and at least 12 lines going to the vanishing points.