Putting Things in Perspective on CREATIVE ARTS Thursday/Friday
Linear perspective , a system of creating an illusion of depth on a flat surface . All parallel lines (orthogonals) in a painting or drawing using this system converge in a single vanishing point on the composition's horizon line.
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Atop the article, Leonardo's "Last Supper," an example of using linear perspective to direct viewer attention to a particular element in a graphic image.
NOTE: Keep it in perspective that no one need limit a post to … linear perspective … although, I would not be surprised if it showed up inadvertently or by intent.
Love the photo, Mac. Great perspective and composition
This is a great topic. Th picture of the fence is absolutely beautiful.
I hate typos!!!
Now THAT'S an all-encompassing statement if I ever saw one.
It's not linear, but it has depth. LOL!
Stay straight and fly low.
Great photo
I told ya to stop chasing them around.
Morning rainbow, sailor take warning. Stone Creek, Ocala FL.
Sunrise at Stone Creek...The photo was taken by my neighbor
We're off to a great start! Two beauties!
Beautiful photos...
But the saying goes:
Red sky at night, sailors delight
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
I call'em the way is sees'em.
Wow!
Are you getting the photos off the internet? I never had trouble opening photos that were from your camera.
My neighbor took the photos and posted them on our community site. I took them from there.
Ah... now this picture from February 2019 is a nice example of liner perspective.
It certainly does but now I have to go get something hot to drink.
....AND of self-framing.
© G.Gam 2020 Canal and houseboats, Amsterdam
I believe that this photo also has elements of linear perspective
It really does and I remember walking along the channels many times.
We had operations in Rotterdam and Amsterdam so I was there quite often.
Wonderful photo.
Thank you Kavika
I was there quite often
Lucky you! Amsterdam was a lot of fun as were all of the other places in the Netherlands we visited.
Cool
As it does, and a great photo it is.
Thanks!
A footbridge in a South Carolina preserve. Linear perspective?
Definitely! We are often compelled to "see" the phenomenon without realizing just how visually compelling the phenomenon is.
Nice photo. The perspective really draws you in.
Excellent example of linear perspective.
One of my restored photos
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That is a particularly bold linear perspective. It draws the eye of the viewer directly to the tower on the right. I find my view then bouncing over to the tower towards the left end of the photo.
Easily draws the eye to the cross on the dome on the riight.
Well, since you have become so successful, I guess you don't need me anymore. Sniff.
Heh Heh
Anyway, I posted this before but I think it fits.
Yep, Ender, it does the trick.
I'd forgotten I had this one until you mentioned a linear perspective. I would think that this would be a grand linear perspective.
Photo of the Hoover Dam taken from the new bridge built over the Colorado River in 2010.
It works.
Best examples I have are from a trip in 2018.
Street in Sanremo, Italy
Il Saint-Honorat, France (an island about a mile from Cannes)
Perfect examples , Pat. And the top shot also has a very effective framing element! Nice work!
Thank you AMac.
Excellent photos pat.
I appreciate that, Kavika.
Very nice photos
Thank you, Gsquared.
You're welcome. The photo from Italy with the one man walking is very poignant. The other photo with the long wall and the fortress is tremendous!
A.Mac beat me to it, but the self-framing is the first thing I took note of for the first photo, but the steps draw the eye past the person to around the corner. Of course the second photo is a perfect example of linear perspective creating depth.
Those are beautiful photos, Pat. The top one also shows two aspects of linear distance. The one being the linear view of the street with the man walking up it, and also the steps next to the street in the foreground seem to get smaller going up the stairs. At least is seems so to my eyes.
The second one does show distance, but, at the same time, the angle and positioning of the building at the end of the walkway appears to be closer than distance of the walkway would indicate it to be.
These are photos of some of the magnificent stained glass in Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, considered to be among the finest medieval stained glass in the world. The stone wall surface of the Gothic architecture is reduced to little more than a delicate framework for the windows. The stained glass depicts scenes from the Old and New Testaments. The most extensive collection of 13th century stained glass, there are 15 huge windows as well as a large rose window. These photos hardly do it justice..
The upward projection of the windows seems to have a linear emphasis.
I believe that the upward projection of the windows is intended to elevate the mind of the viewer to the contemplation of Heaven.
Awesome, literally.
Thanks. Glad you like it. Sainte-Chapelle is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. It is absolutely breathtaking when you walk up the stairs from the small entrance room downstairs and enter the room with the huge stained glass windows. Just stunning.
The perspective gives the feeling of great height - still a linear perspective, but other than distance. Yes, the stained glass work is magnificent. I wonder if it's become a lost art.
The windows are fairly tall. Viewing them all together in the chapel is really a treat.
I hope that the art of stained glass survives far into the future. I believe that it is one of the greatest of cultural contributions. I have seen some beautiful stained glass, even modern works. Of course, nothing surpasses the stained glass collection in Sainte-Chapelle.
I think that our local community college has a course in stained glass making, and I have read about local private studios that also teach the art of stained glass making. You can find anything and everything in L.A.!
Awesome stained glass windows, G. The differing patterns of the sections of the windows with their myriad of colors is really enchanting.
Sainte-Chapelle is one of the great treasures of Paris. It is on the same island in the Seine as Notre Dame Cathedral. It is not very large, consisting of a small downstairs chapel where you enter and the larger room upstairs with the huge stained glass. If you Google Sainte Chapelle Paris and click on images you can find lots of professional photos.
Thanks for the info G. I will take a look for the Google images as you suggest.
Great. You will love it.
My best example of linear perspectie is this photo I took of a subway platform:
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But how about lanterns doing the trick?
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A road or a path always works.
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And you can combine linear perspective with another creator of depth - mist:
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These photos are very nice. The subway photo is great!
Great photos displaying linear distancing is really awesome.
Not as much about linear perspective as just the beauty of an architectural interior!
Basilique Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada
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It is very colorful. The lighting is spectacular.
Beautiful, Mac.
hear are examples of leading lines, but not of depth perspective on these bird photos - female ruby throated hummingbird, northern flicker and red-breasted nuthatch images.
Those are really nice photos.
Nice bird shots.
Great Photos EG.
Anyone seen Raven Wing?
Definitely miss her art on here. I've seen and responded to a couple of her comments on other pages yesterday and today.
Sorry that I am running a bit late today, we've had some power outages since mid morning. I have had to check in on the Technical Beta Testing site while I have power in order to keep the testers in line. Which means that I am here in a hit and miss fashion. I'll post my artwork for today while I still have power;
Fascinating, but please explain.
Thanks Buzz, I'm glad you like it.
The subject is a Shaman conducting a Spiritual healing ceremony by moonlight. As the ceremony progresses, the Shaman will withdraw the evil Spirits that are causing the illness and cast it from the patients body, as you can see it being cast away by the Shaman's right hand. At this time, the Shaman will also give the person a new Spirit Guide to help cleanse the body and help it heal.
I hope this helps your understanding of the purpose of the ceremony.
Thank you. A perfect explanation, and now added to my education about Shamans, which was started by Norval Morrisseau when he explained his artworks to me. He actually considered himself to be a Shaman (something that very few people ever knew).
You are most welcome Buzz. I don't in any way consider myself as being a Shaman, but, I have always been a very Spiritual person. I can see things most people cannot see. I can hear things that others cannot hear. I can sense things others cannot sense. At times it has been very scary, as it is as if I was living in another world. I can tell what some people are going to say before they say it, people I have never met before.
It is very weird.
Beautiful. A departure from your other images.
Thank you very much Pat. I'm very glad you like it.
That is a very interesting piece.
Thanks G.
Until tomorrow …
Leading Lines all over the place.
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A very beautiful photo Mac.
Yes, that is a very beautiful photo.
Leading Lines aren't necessarily straight lines.
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Truly a wonderful photo.
As you so well display...
© G. Gam 2020 Gate and path, Kyoto
(Maybe another example that leading lines aren't necessarily straight lines?)
Beautiful shot G.
Thanks! It was a very beautiful location.
I really like that photo. You frame that winding leading line so well.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate the compliment.
Our neighbors took this photo and posted it on our community site. It's behind their house, our community is surrounded by a 1000-acre cattle ranch, two bulls butting heads to see who is boss. No damage is done to either.
And this is Wiley Coyote later in the day.
He does indeed look like Wiley. They could even be Cousins.
Here's a oldie some of you may already seen. But, we have some new members who may not have seen it yet.
Hah! The frame is one of those innie-outie optical illusion frames. The image, of course, is quite striking.
Which way do you see it, Buzz? An innie or outie?
Originally as an outie, but I can change it when I focus my attention to doing that.
Thank you for your perspective on the image, Buzz. It really helps a lot when others tell me what they see on creations such as this one. As not all subjects will work as well with this type of framing. So the feedback I get is a very big help, depending on how the subject is intended to be seen.
Thanks for the feedback.
Very beautiful coloration.
Thanks G.
You're welcome
Thanks for posting it for us to enjoy!
Oh here is a fun fact:
The actual fresco of the "Last Supper" has a door cut into it.
Looking at the picture, the door looks like it is cut into the wall after the fresco was painted. Is the fresco painted high on the wall at the top near the ceiling? Or is the fresco painted lower on the wall with the door cut lower into the fresco with steps leading down below? It's a bit hard to tell from the angle of the painting.
I believe that the doorway below the painting was the entrance to a kitchen or dining room.
Ahhh...thanks Mac.
After WWII, that wall is all that remained of the church.
A protective structure (right) was built in front of Leonardo's fresco. This photo shows the bombing damage in 1943. [21]
It's good that the fresco as able to survive the terrible bombing and amount of damage to the church.
One more …
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A really beautiful photo. It looks like a very crisp fall day just before it starts to snow. Love the colors, and the reflections of the trees on the water in the river. Very nicely done.
I think that one of the things I truly miss is sitting beside a woodland stream...
I do too. I did a lot of that when I was a young girl. I loved to sit and watch the other part of our world go about their daily life. There is so much more life around us than we may know, and I was fascinated by how much like humans they were in how the different life forms seemed to ignore each as they went about their own duties that helped them survive. Listening the song of the stream as it floated by. I so miss those days.
Beautiful photo
One more for the road. Another oldie, and I hope you like it.
I certainly do remember that one - and in fact I liked it so much I made a copy of it to keep and frame. Unfortunately I've not yet been able to frame it.
Yes, I do remember your asking if you could make a copy for yourself and I said yes. You'll have to take a picture of it when you are able to get it framed and share it with us.
Outstanding!
Thanks Mac. I'm glad you like it.
Nice. It looks there should be a story going with this photo.
Thank you G. It's a young boy attending a ceremony dressed in his dance regalia.
Got it.
A path I followed a half a century ago:
And one followed much more recently...leading lines both.
Beautiful scenery on both photos Buzz. The one on top reminds me of a trail near Pawhuska OK that I used to ride my horse on at least twice a week. The floral was not as abundant as the second one, but, it was a very lovely ride. It was the trail I learned to ride bareback on. My older Brother didn't like horses, so I learned from the Osage and Pawnee kids in town. It was really fun.
The top photo is from an area near Killaloe, Ontario, west of Ottawa where there were hippie communes, and I would spend some weekends in a farmhouse near that scene - a farm that I talked a client who was manager of a soft-rock group called The Kensington Market to purchase in partnership with one of the group members. They almost never used it, but I did. Here is a photo of the barns on that farm:
The second photo is in a wooded and landscaped area in a gated community around the corner from where we live now.
The farm house and barns look sturdy. I wasn't much of a hippie, although I like some of the music. I once went with a Friend to a bohemian/hippie cafe, where everyone sat wound a low table on pillows. There was indirect lighting and difficult to see. I think I stepped on a few hands while making my over to our table, either that or the people were responding to the poetry being spoken by a man in some kind of regalia, and it seemed like at the end of each stanza, he would say, "Scoobie Doobie Wow Wow" while snapping his fingers to the beat of the man playing the Bongos, and every one would close their eyes and snap their fingers too.
Eh...yes...a bit too weird for me.
Well......more than a bit......
Those are just the barns. Y ou are right that they were extremely solid. Eventually the farmhouse burned down and the musician owner converted one of the barns into a residence.
Most of the hippies I knew were not that weird - quite a few were American draft dodgers. I was just a weekend hippie, and back then my major interest and involvement was with folk music. However, I ALMOST bought a farm in that hippie enclave, and had I done so, my life would have turned out very different This is a photo of the farm, 300 acres in all. 65 acres cleared, a wholly enclosed spring fed clean 35 acre lake, and 200 acres of forest, located on a rural gravel road. The bungalow was updated and not typical of the local vintage farmhouses. It had a deep-drilled well, indoor plumbing, septic system, and was well insulated for the cold north winters. I could have bought it for $15,000 because the elderly couple were no longer farming and wanted to move to the local town, and their only child was no longer around. I could afford it at the time, but, I guess I missed the boat. Oh, and I forgot to mention that there was an abandoned brick one-room schoolhouse with washrooms in the basement at the road entrance into the farm just behind me when I took this photo. It would have made a great studio.
Very nice farm, Buzz.
That visit to the hippie cafe kind of turned me off of such places, but, I had several people I knew who were hippies. They were really great people. But, too many were into MJ and I could not stomach it, the smell made me sick. So I didn't hand out with them much. I was never into drugs either, so to them I was Bor-ing. (grin)
Great photos. The second photo is in China?
We live now in China.
It's woodlands but no stream nearby?
If you're talking about the farm I almost bought, I can't recall a stream in the area, and I never ventured into that forest. As well there is no stream nearby where we live now.
I was referring to where you live now.