LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
Art 1
Ms. Bailey
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, altarpiece, 1423
Robert Campin, The Merode Altarpiece, The Annunciation,
triptych, c. 1425-1430
Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter, 1481-1483
Raphael, The School of Athens, 1510-1511
2 MAIN TYPES OF PERSPECTIVE
Empirical Perspective
Linear Perspective
relies on observation,
not a set of rules
Uses angles,
intersection points,
plumb lines, and
visual measurement
(1:1 Ratio)
Uses a scientific method
as a set of rules to
draw forms in a
realistic 3D way on a
2D surface (your
paper)
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(what we used for the
still life drawings)
Illustrations of the picture
plane or your 2D piece of
paper
Linear Perspective is attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi,
an Italian Early Renaissance artist.
The use of Perspective began c. 1450 CE
Artists began to see the picture plane as a transparent window
through which the observer looks to see the constructed pictorial
world. “rationalization of sight”
Look “through” a picture in to the painted “world”
Trompe l’oeil = “trick of the eye”
the eye is tricked into believing that a painting is
real, how realistic something looks
ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE
Used to draw and create forms with planes that
are parallel to the picture plane and viewer
The front plane of the object is closest to you
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TWO POINT PERSPECTIVE
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Used to draw and create forms without planes
parallel to the picture plane and viewer
The edge is the closest to you
COMPARE:
One Point Perspective
Height= verticals
 Width= horizontals
 Depth= convergent
lines
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2 Point Perspective
Height= verticals
 Width= convergent
lines
 Depth= convergent
lines
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One Point Perspective
Two Point Perspective
TYPES OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
One Point Perspective
Two Point Perspective
DEVELOPMENT OF PERSPECTIVE
EARLY RENAISSANCE C. 1450 CE
Before (Gothic):
After (Renaissance):
Homework:
Find two pictures
that show 1&2
point perspective.
Tape it to a larger
sheet of paper &
using a ruler locate
the Horizon Line,
Vanishing Points,
and at least 12
lines going to the
vanishing points.