Perspective

Perspective is the art and mathematics of realistically depicting 3-D objects in a 2-D plane. The study of theprojection of objects in a plane is called Projective Geometry. The principles of perspective drawing wereelucidated by the Florentine architect F. Brunelleschi (1377-1446). These rules are summarized by Dixon (1991):

1. The horizon appears as a line.

2. Straight lines in space appear as straight lines in the image.

3. Sets of Parallel lines meet at a Vanishing Point.

4. Lines Parallel to the picture plane appear Parallel and therefore have noVanishing Point.

References

de Vries, V. Perspective. New York: Dover, 1968.

Dixon, R. ``Perspective Drawings.'' Ch. 3 in Mathographics. New York: Dover, pp. 79-88, 1991.

Parramon, J. M. Perspective--How to Draw. Barcelona, Spain: Parramon Editions, 1984.

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