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Art B20 - Introduction to Digital Arts
Project 5 - Linear Perspective and Realism

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Linear Perspective (Latin "perspicere" - to see clearly)

A system of drawing or painting in which the artist attempts to create the illusion of spatial depth on a two-dimensional surface. It works by following consistent geometric rules for rendering objects as they appear to the human eye. For instance, we see parallel lines as converging in the distance, although in reality they do not. Stated another way, the lines of buildings and other objects in a picture are slanted inward making them appear to extend back into space. If lengthened these lines will meet at a point along an imaginary horizontal line representing the eye level. Each such imaginary line is called an orthogonal. The point at which such lines meet is called a vanishing point. - Artlex.com

Perspective links

One point perspective

TechnologyStudent.com

khulsey.com (perspective basics)

Two point perspective

khulsey.com

University of Hertfordshire

About.com

TechnologyStudent.com

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Three-point perspective

khulsey.com

artyfactory.com

Andrew Diec

Realism - The realistic and natural representation of people, places, and/or things in a work of art.

The opposite of idealization. One of the common themes of postmodernism is that this popular notion of an unmediated presentation is not possible. This sense of realism is sometimes considered synonymous with naturalism.

Photo-Realism or photorealism - Realist paintings and sculptures involving thorough reproduction of detail. In painting the results were nearly photographic — in fact made from photographs (although painters had been working from photographs since the early days of photography).

Among the most highly regarded American photorealist painters are:

Richard Estes

Chuck Close

Audrey Flack

Charles Bell

Ralph Goings

 

A sub-group; referred to as "hyperrealists"

Don Eddy

Robert Bechtle

Denis Peterson

Gottfried Helnwein

Alicia St.Rose

Jaques Bodin

Duane Hanson

Ron Mueck

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lines
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EricaFischerLinear
EmilyDavisLinear
ScottBohanonLinear
KaylaMoudyLinear
EvanMorelockLinearl
JairCouchLinear

Artists (from top to bottom)

Erica Fischer

Emily Davis

Scott Bohanon

Kayla Moudy

Evan Morelock

Jair Couch