Studio outcome:
Students will choose or create a phrase with letters drawn in 1 point or 2 point perspective large scale to be cut out and showcased on a wall/window surface on campus. Students will add color to their letters using a gradient effect of dark to light. This project is inspired by the Word Paintings of LA artist Wayne White.
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Linear Perspective
Linear Perspective: a system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface.
Linear perspective is thought to have been devised about 1415 by Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi and later documented by architect and writer Leon Battista Alberti in 1435 (Della Pittura). Linear perspective was likely evident to artists and architects in the ancient Greek and Roman periods, but no records exist from that time, and the practice was thus lost until the 15th century.
The three components essential to the linear perspective system are orthogonals (parallel lines), the horizon line, and a vanishing point(s). So as to appear farther from the viewer, objects in the compositions are rendered increasingly smaller as they near the vanishing point. Early examples of Brunelleschi’s system can be seen in Donatello’s relief St. George Killing the Dragon (c. 1416–17) and Masaccio’s painting The Holy Trinity (1425–27), a dramatic illusionistic crucifixion. Andrea Mantegna (who also mastered the technique of foreshortening), Leonardo da Vinci, and German artist Albrecht Dürer are considered some of the early masters of linear perspective. As the limitations of linear perspective became apparent, artists invented additional devices (e.g., foreshortening and anamorphosis) to achieve the most-convincing illusion of space and distance.
Linear perspective is thought to have been devised about 1415 by Italian Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi and later documented by architect and writer Leon Battista Alberti in 1435 (Della Pittura). Linear perspective was likely evident to artists and architects in the ancient Greek and Roman periods, but no records exist from that time, and the practice was thus lost until the 15th century.
The three components essential to the linear perspective system are orthogonals (parallel lines), the horizon line, and a vanishing point(s). So as to appear farther from the viewer, objects in the compositions are rendered increasingly smaller as they near the vanishing point. Early examples of Brunelleschi’s system can be seen in Donatello’s relief St. George Killing the Dragon (c. 1416–17) and Masaccio’s painting The Holy Trinity (1425–27), a dramatic illusionistic crucifixion. Andrea Mantegna (who also mastered the technique of foreshortening), Leonardo da Vinci, and German artist Albrecht Dürer are considered some of the early masters of linear perspective. As the limitations of linear perspective became apparent, artists invented additional devices (e.g., foreshortening and anamorphosis) to achieve the most-convincing illusion of space and distance.
Resources:
My Modern Met-Perspective Drawing-LINK
My Modern Met-Perspective Drawing-LINK
Look at the 2 paintings below. What do you notice about the illusion of space in each one?
The Annunciation by Duccio, 1311
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The Annunciation by Botticelli, 1485
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MC Escher
Read more about MC Escher at the link here
PRACTICE: Linear Perspective
Vocabulary:
-horizon line -orthogonal lines -vanishing point(s) -transversal lines |
PRACTICE: You will complete 4 linear perspective practice drawings in your sketchbook. Each practice drawing should take up 1 page. Aim to do 2 in 1-point perspective, and 2 in 2-point perspective.
Use the sheets below as references to help you. I will model this for you in class. |
Artist Wayne White-LINK to this Website
Article About Wayne White-LINK
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