PErspective
Perspective is a Principle for art and design. The rules of perspective state that things get smaller as they recede into the distance.
Linear perspective is a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface. Think about those line drawing of roads that disappear into the distance. The system originated in Florence, Italy in the early 1400s. The artist and architect Brunelleschi demonstrated its principles, but another architect and writer, Leon Battista Alberti was first to write down rules of linear perspective for artists to follow.
Linear perspective is a mathematical system for creating the illusion of space and distance on a flat surface. Think about those line drawing of roads that disappear into the distance. The system originated in Florence, Italy in the early 1400s. The artist and architect Brunelleschi demonstrated its principles, but another architect and writer, Leon Battista Alberti was first to write down rules of linear perspective for artists to follow.
We will begin by discussing and looking at examples of perspective by renaissance artists and M.C. Escher. Together we will find the perspective lines and vanishing point of each picture. Following out discussion of Linear perspective students will choose a street scene photo that exhibits one point perspective. Just as we did in the discussion students will find the vanishing point of their picture as well as perspective lines. They will add overlays of color that highlights the pictures perspective.
Project 1: One Point Perspective City Street color project
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1. Must have 20 perspective shapes
2. must choose a photo exhibiting one pt perspective 3. accurately place perceptive lines 4. accurately find vanishing point |
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MC Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher June 1898 – 27 March 1972) was a Dutch graphic artist known for his mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints.His work features a wide range of mathematical objects and operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry, perspective, truncated and stellated polyhedra, hyperbolic geometry, and tessellations. Although Escher considered that he had no mathematical ability, he both interacted with the practising mathematicians George Pólya, Roger Penrose and Harold Coxeter, read mathematical papers by these authors and by the crystallographer Friedrich Haag, and conducted his own mathematical research into tessellation.
Can you find Escher's vanishing points? Is there more than one?
Can you find Escher's vanishing points? Is there more than one?
Project 2: 2 point perspective City Project
Like the work of MC Escher's and Gustave Caillebotte's we will be creating a 2 point perspective cityscape. We will be using illustrators and the perspective grid tool!
Remember these 2 perspective tips while creating your piece
Remember these 2 perspective tips while creating your piece
- Linear Perspective: Based on the way the human eye sees the world. Objects that are closer appear larger, more distant objects appear smaller. To create the illusion of space the artists creates a vanishing point on the horizon line. Objects are drawn using orthogonal lines, which lead to the vanishing points.REMEMBER: YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE HORIZON LINE BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE EYE LEVEL AT A TIME.
- 3 MAIN COMPONENTS OF PERSPECTIVE:
- A Vanishing Point, The single point on the horizon where all the lines on the ground level seem to come together
- The Horizon Line; The place where the land and the sky meet. THIS IS EQUAL TO YOUR EYE LEVEL
- the Orthogonal Line, The imaginary lines that go back to the horizon line and vanishing point.
- A Vanishing Point, The single point on the horizon where all the lines on the ground level seem to come together
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1. have at least 8 buildings
2. have two point perspective 3. create a background 4. decorate the area with trees and difference stamps 5. Have gradients and lighting |
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