Perspective
ITS USE IN LANDSCAPES
ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE RENAISSANCE
The Types of Perspective:
One Point Perspective
A way of showing space using diagonal lines
that converge at one point. In this photo,
all diagonal lines seem to meet at one spot
close to the center.
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In one point
perspective, the
spot where every
diagonal line meets
is called the
vanishing point. It is
called one point
perspective because
there is only ONE
vanishing point, and
it doesn’t
necessarily need to
be in the center of
the page.
What do we call the line that
separates the sky and the ground?
Two Point Perspective
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In two point perspective, we use two vanishing points.
So, the diagonal lines will be pointing to either one of
the two vanishing points.
Two point perspective is showing us the view from the
corner of an object, like a building.
An architect and engineer during the Italian
Renaissance. His discovery of linear
perspective now showed artists how to paint
images as three dimensional objects on a two
dimensional surface.
School of Athens by Raphael
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What form of perspective is being used here?
Notice how all of the diagonal lines point to the two figures in
the middle. Raphael did this on purpose to show that these
two men, Socrates and Aristotle, are the focus of his painting.
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What form of
perspective is
being used
here?
This is a
tricky one!!
Look all
around…
Vermeer has cleverly used both one point and two point perspective.
The wall and the table with the rug over it use one point perspective.
The floor tiles are in two point perspective.
 On
Perspective Project
a 9 X 12 piece of paper, draw a
city scape which uses one point
perspective
 Use
your ruler
 Must
be done in pencil
 Make
an interesting composition!
 On
a 9 X 12 piece of paper, draw a
city scape which uses two point
perspective
 Use
your ruler
 Must
be done in pencil
ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE, SHAPE ABOVE HORIZON LINE
Draw a dot in the
Draw a horizontal
middle of the
line. This is your
horizon line. This is
horizon line.
your vanishing point.
Draw a square or rectangle. Make
sure the top of the square extends
above the horizon line. Erase the
horizon line behind the square.
Draw two diagonal lines
that connect the corners to
the vanishing point
Erase all lines that are
not part of the box.
Draw a vertical line to show
where the box ends. Notice
the line is parallel to all other
vertical lines.
ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE, SHAPE BELOW HORIZON LINE
Draw a horizon line and
a dot for a vanishing
point in the middle.
Draw a square. Make sure
the top of the square is
below the horizon line.
Draw diagonal lines
that connect the
corners of the square
to the vanishing point.
Draw a vertical and
horizontal line to show
where the square ends.
Erase any lines that
aren't part of the cube
TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE, SHAPE ABOVE HORIZON LINE
Draw a horizontal line and
two dots for vanishing points
on either side of the paper.
Connect the top
and bottom of the
vertical line to either
vanishing point
Draw a vertical line in the
middle of your paper. This
is the corner of the cube.
The line should extend
above the horizon line.
Draw two vertical
lines to show the
edges of the
building.
Erase all lines that are not
part of the cube shape.
TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE, SHAPE BELOW HORIZON LINE
Draw a horizontal line
and two vanishing
points on either side
of the paper.
Connect the top
and bottom of
that vertical line
to either
vanishing point
Draw two vertical lines on either
side of your middle line.
Draw a vertical line in
the middle of your
paper. Make sure the
line is below the
horizon line.
Connect the top
of those vertical
lines to the
opposite
vanishing point
Erase all lines that are not
part of the cube shape.