Evolution of Perspective
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A selection of images to show the evolution of perspective in Western Art.
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10th Century Illuminated Manuscript
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From an illustrated manuscript
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15th Cenutry painting, Reconstruction of the temple of Jerusalem. From Guillaume de Tyr, Histoire d'Outremer.
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14th Century, Giotto: Basilique Assise, Legend of St Francis, Death of the Knight of Celano
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14th Century, Giotto: Annunciation to St. Anne
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14th Century, Giotto: Cappella Scrovegni a Padova, Pentecost
Close to yield perspective, however the parallel lines of each side should actually converge to the same point as the roof and floor. -
15th Century, Fra Angelico: Annunciation
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15th Century, Fra Angelico: Annunciation
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1472, Piero della Francesca: Thronende Madonna mit Heiligen und dem Stifter Federigo da Montefeltro
Francesca, an able mathematician and draftsman, used perspective to represent more than simply straight lines. -
1498, Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper.
Perspective is used as a unifying element, to further the impact of the painting by having Jesus overlap the vanishing point. -
16th Century, Albrecht Dürer.
A woodcut showing a mechanical method for reproducing a correct perspective drawing. The strings placed from the viewer's eye to the lute correspond to the rays of light traveling from the same points. -
1514, Albrecht Dürer: St. Jerome in his Study