ARTHIST 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Asher Brown Durand, Vanishing Point, Pietro Perugino
19 Sep 2016
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Perspective is used to translate a 3d work into a 2d image. The picture is organized according to vanishing point, things converge the further they go. Perugino, christ giving the keys to st. peter. 1481; lots of elements of vanishing point, the lines in the floor all converge to the vanishing point at the door. The linear perspective creates an illusion of a properly constructed 3d space. Another way of showing depth is to use atmospheric perspective by making things farther from us to look more blue and hazy (like in real life). This deals with colour while linear perspective deals with composition. Some artists employ comic book themes into visual art to show the progress of time. The meeting of st. anthony and sain tpaul. The different points in time appear to be divided among the picture. There is a sequence of things farthest to closest to the viewer.
