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Middle Ages or Renaissance?
What parts of these paintings look most realistic to you?
What parts look least lifelike?
Which objects or people seem closest and most distant in each painting?
What clues does the artist give that one object is further away than another?
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-06
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Jan Van Eyk, Arnolfini Wedding, 1434
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Hans Holbein, The French Ambassadors, 1533
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Michelangelo, The Sistine Chaple, 1500s
Middle Ages or Renaissance?
Leonardo Da Vinci, Annunciation, 1481
What was the Renaissance?
• The European revival of classical
art, architecture, literature, and
learning.
• The transition from medieval to
modern times, lasting roughly from
1400 to 1600 AD.
• Like nothing the world had ever
seen before.
One Point Perspective: A type of linear
perspective where the sides of objects that
are facing the viewer are parallel to the
picture plane and there is one vanishing
point on the horizon line to which all lines
converge.
Picture Plane: An imaginary transparent
plane that is between the viewer and the
subject.
Horizon Line: The line in a perspective
drawing where the sky meets the
ground. It also represents the viewer’s
eye level.
That is, the placement of the line on the picture plane
depends on the vantage point of the artist. For example, if
the artist is low to the ground, the horizon line is low on the
picture plane. You can see the top of an object if it is
below eye level, below the horizon line. If an object is
above eye level, above the horizon line, you can not see
its top.
Vanishing Point: The vanishing point is
where all parallel lines (orthogonal)
that run towards the horizon line
appear to come together like train
tracks in the distance.
Orthogonal Line: the line you draw from
the corner of an object to the vanishing
point. Think of them as guidelines.
It establishes the illusion of a
perpendicular line going into the
distance. Orthogonal lines should
always be drawn lightly at first. Usually,
most of an orthogonal will be erased.
Think of them as guidelines.
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Orthogonals
Vanishing Point
Horizon line
Raphael, School of Athens
Look carefully and see if you can find the horizon line, orthogonals, and
vanishing point.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Sketches for Adoration
of the Magi, 1495
Look carefully and see if you can find the horizon line, orthogonals, and
vanishing point.
Leonardo Da Vinci, Sketches for Adoration
of the Magi, 1495