PERSPECTIVEPERSPECTIVE

Perspective – the illusion Perspective – the illusion that an image has depth that an image has depth and 3-dimensional space and 3-dimensional space

(volume)(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

SASSETTAThe Meeting of St. Anthony and St. Paulabout 1440Wood

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

One point; central

Vanishing point

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialtoc. 1758-63 Oil on canvas, 46 7/16 x 72 1/2 in

Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal), The Campo di Rialtoc. 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 KlimtPortrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I1907138 x 138 cm

The dawn of perspective

Cimabue, Madonna

Enthroned, 1280-90

TEXTBOOK p. 185

NO PERSPECTIVE

flat pictorial space similar to Ancient & Byzantine works

GIOTTOMadonna in Glory

c. 1311Tempera on panel128 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