This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Figure 4.43 Basic principles of linear perspective.
Linear Perspective
1. Overlapping
2. Position (foreground, middle-ground, background)
3. Linear perspective or isometric perspective
4. Atmospheric perspective
5. Foreshortening
14
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
Linear Perspective
Forms seem to diminish in size as they recede from us.
• Parallel lines receding into the distance seem to converge, until they meet at a point on the horizon line where they disappear. (known as the Vanishing Point)
15
Figure 4.45 Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495-97.
Linear Perspective…and symbolism
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
16
Figure 4.48 Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak, 1863.
Figure 4.49 Detail, Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, 1530.
1. Overlapping
2. Position (foreground, middle-ground, background)
3. Linear perspective or isometric perspective
4. Atmospheric perspective
5. Foreshortening
Atmospheric Perspective
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
17
Figure 4.48 Bierstadt, The Rocky Mountains, Lander’s Peak,
1863.
Atmospheric Perspective: is based on the observation that distant objects appear less distinct.
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
18
Figure 4.49 Detail, Gongwang, Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, 1530.
Atmospheric Perspective
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
19
Figure 4.46 Hans Baldung Grien, The Groom and the Witch, c.1540.
Figure 4.47 Dürer, Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, c. 1527.
1. Overlapping
2. Position (foreground, middle-ground, background)
3. Linear perspective or isometric perspective
4. Atmospheric perspective
5. Foreshortening
Foreshortening
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
20Figure 4.46 Hans Baldung Grien, The Groom and the Witch, c.1540.
Figure 4.47 Dürer, Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, c. 1527.
Foreshortening
Implied SpaceIllusion of Space
- Human and animal forms that appear to recede into the distance.
21
Time and Motion
Figure 4.52 Calder, Southern Cross, 1963.
Figure 4.54 Eve Sussman, 89 Seconds at Alcazar, 2003.
Elapsed time · Implied motion · Kinetic art: (actual motion)
22
23
Time and Motion
Time and Motion
Elapsed time · Implied motion · Kinetic art: (actual motion)
24
Time and Motion
Figure 4.55 Steinkamp, Dervish, detail, 2004.
Time and MotionElapsed time · Implied motion · Kinetic art: (actual motion)