Perspective and space


	Perspective and space

DeborahT

2-29-2008 10:24 AM

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When Cimabue and Giotto looked at the buildings across the street - wood and glass boxes made of 90-degree angles - they saw roofs that appeared to be twisted and bent to the side. Despite the appearance, they knew that these buildings were made of right angles. As they held string in the air and followed these angles they began to see relationships and their understandings of spatial relationships sharpened.
This invention, or discovery, of perspective had a deep impact on Giotto. He was painting the fables and myths of his time. Meanwhile, he was doing something very new with the discovery (or invention) of vanishing point from both a dimensional and emotional standpoint. He was depicting the physical and geometric location he was standing in, which put the viewer in Giotto's dimensional perspective while he was painting</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/5969B0DB-B536-4224-BAA7-003FCE5A326D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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