1. DEPICTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPACE
Perspective: An introduction

2. Linear Perspective
The first known paintings done in linear perspective were created in 1425 by Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 – 1446)
Brunelleschi noticed that when he painted the lines of several Florentine buildings in a mirror, they converged at one point along the horizon line.

3. 15th century : Before Brunelleschi
What’s wrong with this picture?

4. How is this better?
Pietro Perugino's usage of perspective in this fresco at the Sistine Chapel ( ) helped bring the Rennaissance to Rome.

5. A vanishing point is the location where lines converge
A vanishing point is the location where lines converge. Where do the lines converge here?

6. One vanishing point is typically used for roads, railway tracks, hallways, or buildings viewed from the front and facing the viewer.

7. One-Point Perspective Exteriors
The vanishing point can run from the left, right, or right down the middle.

8. Drawing Boxes

9. One-Point Perspective Interiors
Where is the vanishing point in this photo?
How many things in this photo align to one vanishing point?

10. The Last Supper by Leonardo DaVinci, 1495-1498
Can anyone guess where the vanishing point is symbolically located here?
The Last Supper by Leonardo DaVinci,

11. Did you guess correctly?

12. Two-Point Perspective

13. Two-Point Perspective shows objects as viewed from a corner.

14. Three-Point Perspective
Three-point perspective is typically used for buildings seen from above or below.

15. The vanishing point typically runs off the page when drawing in this way.

16. Non-Linear Perspective

17. Atmospheric Perspective…
or aerial perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance.

18. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases, and the contrast of any details within the object also decreases.

19. Your assignment…

20. Two-Point Perspective City