Perspectives and Viewpoints

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Perspectives and Viewpoints

• Year 8, Term 1,
• PPT 1

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HAVE HUMANS ALWAYS SEEN THE WORLD IN THE SAME WAY?
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Perspective

• What is perspective?
• How do we show perspective in Art?

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Perspective is how near or far away something is.
Even though a picture is flat some things
appear closer than others
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Different cultures from the past didnt use
perspective in the same way we do now. In ancient
Egypt, people or objects that are larger are more
important
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In ancient Islamic art, things at the top of the
picture appear larger. Figures grow in size as
your eye follows the story of the painting.
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This is the Bayeaux tapestry, from the 11th
century . Does this show any perspective? How?
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Look at the funny things that are going on
here You can see inside a building and its very
big. Look how big some of the people are Look
how small the building is when they show the
outside of it! Why do you think some of the
people are bigger?
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Task 1

• On your table, look at the Egyptian pictures. You
  must discuss the following things
• The position of the face and body.
• How do the eyes look?
• Hands and feet.
• Use of animals what do they represent?
• Decoration.
• Write notes!
• Think about an event from your first week at
  school. You will be illustrating this in Egyptian
  style!
• You should plan your work with quick sketches
  first, and then make one full colour drawing
  using coloured pencils in your sketchbook.

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Can you see how the perspective in this picture
is getting better? But where are the parts that
still look wrong?
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• Duccio di Buoninsegna Christ and the Samaritan
  Woman, 1310-1311

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This picture is by Giotto di Bondone
(1267-1337) You can see he has made attempts to
draw in perspective, but he hasnt got it quite
right!
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• The Renaissance was a time of great artistic and
  scientific progress, which
• Took place in Europe between the 14th and 17th
  centuries.
• During this time new rules for perspective were
  created, rules which we follow to this day.

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Filippo Brunelleschi

• 1337 -1446
• An architect, engineer, sculptor
• Widely regarded as inventing linear perspective
• Can you tell me a famous building that he
  designed?

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MASOLINO da Panicale Baptism of Herod 1435
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Leonardo Da Vinci was an artist, inventor,
scientist and philosopher. Being an expert in so
many different areas is called being a
Renaissance man. Can you name 3 more?
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After the renaissance artists understood how to
create paintings with depth
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Homework

• Create an illustrated summary of everything that
  we discussed in class.
• Remember to make sure your sketchbook is
  presented creatively.
• You can use the Powerpoint to help you, but find
  out some extra information on your own.
• Do not copy and paste write in your own words!
• Finish your Egyptian drawing.