VCULT101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Optical Illusion, Red Skies, Vitruvian Man
12 Nov 2015
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Terms/ concepts: atmospheric perspective, also known as areal perspective, which creates the illusion of depth, or recession, in a drawing or painting via gradations of color and clarity of forms. Artists do not attempt to depict their image realistically, but chose to express themselves and to satisfy their heart. Realistic portrayals of images were left to professionals". Literati paintings instead would include spontaneity above all: classical vs. natural landscape, classical is an ideal landscape. It is a representation of landscape that is more overtly composed and restraint the landscape typically provides the setting for a narrative that is derived by classical or biblical means. There is attention to the study of nature through detailed observation. It describes a human figure standing with most of his weight on one foot that its shoulders and arms are off-axis from the hips and the legs. It includes elements such as line, shape, color, light and dark, perspective, volume, mass, texture ext.
