Monday, March 1, 2010

Homework Assignment #4


Perspective: In 15th Century art, the technique used to project an illusion of 3-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional surface. It helps to create a sense of depth and receding space i.e. objects get smaller as they move away from the viewer and larger as they get closer.

Looking at the corner of a room, find the angles of the wall and the furniture to create a accurate drawing of the corner. You may use contour lines to describe the space and what is in it, or you may use shading to create a value drawing. Your drawing should take up the entire space on the page.


Tip: Close one eye and hold your pencil out at arms length to find the angle of the wall/furniture and transfer that angle onto your paper.




Example of contour line drawing


Example of shaded value drawing





If you are interested in perspective, here is a website that breaks down the history of 15th century Western European perspective. It shows examples from basic graphics to Renaissance masters' paintings.

http://www.webexhibits.org/sciartperspective/tylerperspective.html

Raphael's School of Athens

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