Sunday, February 17, 2008

Serena Ho- Linear Perspective


Both of these pieces show one-point perspective. On the left is Raphael's school of Athens. You can see how the space recedes into the background and how the arches get smaller and smaller as they go back into space. You can also see how the walls of the temple are gradually converging to a single point.
On the right is Salvador Dali's Face of Mae West. The use of perspecive is especially obvious here. The floorboards are clearly converging at a vanishing point somewhere beyond the wall.

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