Transcript 1 Point Perspective - Seymour Community School District

1 Point Perspective
Grade 5
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.
Carlo Crivelli,
The Annunciation with Saint Emidius
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Georges BraqueThe Mandolin,
This artist
experimented with
perspective using
abstract shapes and
patterns. In this
picture, a wedgeshaped net seems as
though it is coming
out of the picture
toward you.
El Lissitzky, Proun 99
Grade 5 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
Have fun making your
warp speed project!