Renaissance Artists and Perspective
Introduction
Renaissance artists are
generally associated with establishing and developing one-point perspective in
painting and sculpture. Renaissance architects drew plans using one-point perspective.
Guiding Question
What is one-point perspective and how did Renaissance artists use this in creating their masterpieces?
Questions
1. What is one-point
perspective?
2. Who was Brunelleschi
and how did he use perspective ?
3. What are orthogonals? Vanishing point?
4. How did Northern
Renaissance artists use perspective?
5. How did Italian artists use
perspective?
6. How does one-point
perspective differ from the Oriental use of perspective?
7. How is perspective used in
sculpture?
8. What is linear perspective?
9. What is atmospheric
perspective?
10. What is birds-eye
perspective? Worms-eye perspective?
11. What marks "High
Renaissance" perspective?
12. Why do 20th century
artists throw out perspective?
Internet Resources
How To Understand A Work
Of Art
The
Master Bibliographies
Theory and Criticism of Artist and
Art Work
Northern Renaissance ArtWeb
Space, Time, and Perspective
in Print Culture and Electronic Media Renaissance and High Renaissance
Perspective
and Renaissance Printers
Renaissance
Art and Architecture (1) (2)
Encyclopedia Perspective
Perspective, A History
Chinese Painting
Drawing In One-Point
Perspective
Early
Twentieth Century Geometric Ar t
Chinese Art
Perspective
Activities
1. Make a diagram showing
one-point perspective.
2. Draw a map showing the
location of major Renaissance cities in
3. Write a paragraph
explaining the difference between linear perspective and aerial perspective.
Explain also the difference between bird's-eye view and worm's-eye view
perspective.
4. Imagine yourself living in
5. Read the following book: Vasari's Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors
and Architects, 1500.
6. Compare and contrast
one-point perspective and a Chinese landscape painting.
7. Create a timeline
sequencing the major events between Proto-Renaissance and Mannerism.
8. Make a chart that compares
the ideas of Brunelleschi with those of Jan Van Eyck concerning perspective.
9. On a map, label all of the
major cities of the Renaissance.
Don Melsopp, Teacher, and Daniel Ng, AP student, collaborated to develop this web hunt.