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Art 8
Mr. Vedder
What is
Perspective?
Perspective:
- The technique artists use to project an illusion of
the three-dimensional world onto a two-dimensional
surface.
- Perspective helps to create a sense of depth — of
receding space.
Fundamental techniques used
to achieve perspective are:
1. Controlling variation between sizes of depicted
subjects.
2. Overlapping objects and placing objects that are
on the depicted ground as lower when nearer and
higher when deeper.
What is the
difference between
2-Dimensional and
3-Dimensional?
-3-Dimensional objects have
DEPTH.
- Artists use perspective
drawing to create depth on a
flat surface using a horizon
line and vanishing point.
Horizon Line - A level
line where water or land seems
to end and the sky begins.
Vanishing points are located on
the horizon line.
Vanishing Point - In
linear perspective, the place on
the horizon where parallel lines
seem to meet.
“The Last Supper” by Leonardo DaVinci
What is a:
- Birds Eye View
- Ants Eye View
- Eye Level
Can you identify:
•Birds eye view?
•Ants eye view?
•Eye level view?
“Another World III” by M.C. Escher
What is Value?
An element of art that refers to the
lightness or darkness of a color.
Value is an especially important
element in works of art when color is
absent
What is a Highlight, Mid
tone and Shadow?
Highlight - The area on any surface which reflects
the most light.
Midtone - Tonal value mid-way between highlight
and shadow, 50% grey
Shadow - An area that is not or is only partially
illuminated because an opaque object is between the
area and the source of light. Or, the image cast by
an object blocking rays of illumination.
What is a
Collage?
Collage
• A picture or design created by
adhering flat elements as newspaper,
wallpaper, printed text and
illustrations, photographs, cloth,
string, etc., to a flat surface, when the
result becomes three-dimensional.
•“Collage" was originally a French
word, meaning "to paste."
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