Category Archives: 10/13 Assignment

Please excuse the lateness of this post, I was absent the day of the assignment and just remembered I had to do it. The preeminent form of Greek art was sculpture. The Greek style was characterized by a respect for … Continue reading →

On page 44, the section “Perceptual Illusions: malfunctional clues to the system” gives a basic explanation as to why our eyes react to illusions. Basically, our brain has different areas that focus on what things are and where things are. … Continue reading →

“Was Somebody asking to see the soul? See, your own shape and countenance…” Walt Whitman in Leaves of Grass Please discuss one or two of the following statements: 1. When viewing a work of art, or listening to one, can we … Continue reading →

10/13 Assignment Rotating images Daniel P. and I were given a short write-up about a method of rotating an image to reveal another image. I believe what this technique tries to achieve is to figure out how the mind understands … Continue reading →

Anthony and I were assigned “Two to Five Points” on page 12. Multiple vanishing points make a 2D image seem more 3D, because multiple vanishing points create curvature in space or a fisheye view. An example of this is Dick … Continue reading →

Audriana and I were assigned the one-point perspective. In pictures that use this perspective, the images get smaller as they move further away and converge at a vanishing point. Alberti was the first to describe the principles of the perspective. … Continue reading →

Christine and I received an excerpt from the Phoebe McNaughton’s Perspective and Other Optical Illusions describing the isometric system – the all in one hexagonal projection. This method is a specific case of oblique projection and requires only one viewpoint … Continue reading →

Virginia and I were assigned page 34 or the “Impossible Objects and a Fable for the certain” section. The page begins with a short story about a king who attempts to uphold truth by hanging those who lie. A sage … Continue reading →

Post your assigned page of the different Visual perspectives with the one example you found on-line

Oblique projections, or rotating a 3D image to make it 2D, are seen throughout the ancient world. One modern example is Hockney’s “Self-Portrait with a Blue Guitar.” Here Hockney has made everything horizontal or at a 45 degree angle, making … Continue reading →