Visual Arts Studio 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Birds Eye View, Horizon Lines, Vanishing Point
16 Jan 2017
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Accurately represents sizes and distances of known objects in a unified visual space. Three point perspective birds eye view or worms eye view (of a tall building) Vantage point the stationary position of the artist. Horizon line the farthest distance seen and the point where land meets sky. Eye level synonymous with the horizon line. Vanishing point at eye level where all lines perpendicular to the picture plane. Orthogonal lines lines that meet at the vanishing point. The vantage point if fixes and cannot move. The vanishing point is directly in front of you, at the same level as your eye (one- point) Two point perspective = two vanishing points at eye level. Except for 3 point perspective, all verticals are drawn vertically. In one point perspective, a wall or surface will be parallel to the picture plane. In two point perspective, two walls will meet at a corner and recede at eye level recede.
