This is Raphael's School of Athens. It is one of the first examples of perspective that my art teacher from freshman year in high school showed the class. I think it is an amazing example of "one point perspective." All the elements we discussed in class are here: cool colors in the background, warm in the foreground, the vertical lines are all parallel and the orthogonals converge at the vanishing point on the horizon. The people in front overlap with those further back in the painting. Lastly, there is a clear sequence of points to look- all things draw your eyes to the middle of the painting, where Plato and Aristotle are walking towards the viewer.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
7-Lillie Cohn-Raphael's use of space
This is Raphael's School of Athens. It is one of the first examples of perspective that my art teacher from freshman year in high school showed the class. I think it is an amazing example of "one point perspective." All the elements we discussed in class are here: cool colors in the background, warm in the foreground, the vertical lines are all parallel and the orthogonals converge at the vanishing point on the horizon. The people in front overlap with those further back in the painting. Lastly, there is a clear sequence of points to look- all things draw your eyes to the middle of the painting, where Plato and Aristotle are walking towards the viewer.
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