PERSPECTIVE
Perspective – the illusion that
an image has depth and 3dimensional space (volume)
TRICKS/TECHNIQUES
OVERLAPPING (ORDER)
RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC
LIGHT
LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
& OVERLAPPING
INTERPRETED AS 3 RECTANGLES
NOT
RELATIVE SIZE
SASSETTA
The Meeting of St.
Anthony and St. Paul
about 1440
Wood
TRICKS/TECHNIQUES
OVERLAPPING (ORDER)
RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC
LIGHT
LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)
Atmospheric
Imitation of atmospheric effects:
hues more bluish & more pale
outlines less precise
small details lost
color contrasts muted
sfumato (“vaporous”)
gradual transition
David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with
Two Figures), 1971
astronauts got disoriented on
the moon because of . . .
the lack of atmospheric
perspective.
TRICKS/TECHNIQUES
OVERLAPPING (ORDER)
RELATIVE (diminishing) SIZES
VERTICAL PLACEMENT
ATMOSPHERIC
LIGHT
LINEAR (ONE OR TWO POINT)
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Vanishing
point
One point; central
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialto
c. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in
Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialto
c. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in
Vanishing points at horizon
picture frame
After 600 years of
perspectivist tricks, a
return to the flat surface
in the 20th Century . . .
Frank Stella,
Wolfeboro II, 1966
Frank Stella,
Wolfeboro II, 1966
a hint of perspective . . .
Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele
Bloch-Bauer I
1907
138 x 138 cm
The dawn of perspective
Cimabue,
Madonna
Enthroned,
1280-90
NO
PERSPECTIVE
flat pictorial space
similar to Ancient &
Byzantine works
TEXTBOOK p. 185
GIOTTO
Madonna in Glory
c. 1311
Tempera on panel
128 x 90 1/2 in.
suggestions of
PERSPECTIVE in a
GOTHIC ERA work;
PERSPECTIVE is a major
development of the
RENAISSANCE
(key words in BOLD)
. . . in music?
Yes!
Can you tell the difference between a loud
sound far away and soft sound nearby?
Psycho-acoustic effects of near and far
(reverb, TDOA, spectral roll-off, timbre, etc.)
- used in film music, electronic music, and
some orchestral music, particularly MAHLER
In retrospect . . .
• notice perspective,
lack of perspective, and
suggestions of
perspective in 2-D work