1. 1 Point Perspective

2. The 5 Basic Rules of Space Creating Depth
1.) Overlapping
2.) Position
Objects rise on the picture plane
3.) Size
Objects get smaller as they rise on the picture plane
4.) Converging lines (Linear Perspective)
5.) Foreshortening
Converging lines meet at the vanishing point on the horizon line
6.) Aerial Perspective
Atmospheric effects on color, value and detail

3. What is Perspective?
Perspective is a way that artists can make a painting seem to have distance and depth.
The next slide shows a painting that was done on a flat surface, but perspective makes the picture look almost real.

4. Carlo Crivelli, The Annunciation with Saint Emidius

5. Lines of Perspective:
When you look at a painting that has been done in perspective, it might seem as though you are looking through a window.
Artists make the things that are supposed to be far away very small and close to each other.

6. Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day
In this painting, the lines on the street and the buildings all seem to come together in one spot on the horizon. The place where the lines meet is called the vanishing point.

7. Optical Illusions:
Perspective is an optical illusion a trick of the eye. At first glance, you might think that what is shown in a drawing or painting is real. This is because your brain is used to seeing things in three dimensions.

9. When you first look at this picture, you might think that it is just a drawing of people on the roof of a building. But when you look carefully, you see that the people are going around in a loop.

10. Playing with Perspective:
By the early 20th century, artists wanted to do something new. They tried experiments with perspective. This painter tried to show a mandolin from many different angles in the same painting. This style of painting is called Cubism.

11. Georges BraqueThe Mandolin,

12. This artist experimented with perspective using abstract shapes and patterns. In this picture, a wedge-shaped net seems as though it is coming out of the picture toward you.
El Lissitzky, Proun 99

13. Vocabulary: Depth—feeling of space and distance in a picture
Horizon—imaginary place where the earth and sky seem to meet
Optical Illusion—image that appears different than it actually is
Three dimensions—to seem to be tall, wide, and to take up space
Vanishing Point—imaginary spot in a picture at which all the lines in a painting seem to come together