Space

Space important in painting, sculpture and architecture

Perspective means by which we are made to see the position of objects in space 2 types: Linear perspective and aerial perspective

Linear Perspective direction of lines and size of objects creates an illusion of recession in depth from a foreground near the viewer to a middle ground and a distant backgroundFigures are scaled in size in the passage from the foreground to the converging point in the background

Linear Perspective All objects appear smaller the farther away they are Parallel lines receding into a distance appear to converge. (vanishing point)

Foreshortening term of linear perspective applied mainly to human figure method of representing a person in picture in depth

Aerial Perspective changes in appearance due to atmosphere objects become lighter in color and hazier in outline as they approach the horizon