Relative size can express relative importance, rather than giving a sense of depth. Although ancient tradition, it still appears in more modern paintings.
perspective
Brunelleschi’s perspective projection was just a start. With optical instruments and later photography, painters exploited the visual effects of unusual projections.
Brunelleschi’s geometry, Masaccio’s technique and vision, Alberti’s initial and popular account, followed by a comprehensive account by Piero della Francesca.
The hard road to realism: development and propagation of knowledge, how to apply it in paintings, and its benefit on visual art.
How an architect, two great masters of painting, and the author of an early textbook on painting applied geometric optics to change painting.
For over a century, Italian painters had strived to achieve coherent perspective projection, but it was until about 1420 that this was achieved. How essential was it?
Considers what exactly changed in painting in the Renaissance, and when we can establish as those dates, compared with literature, for example.
Latest in a succession of techniques, AR can guide someone to draw, just the camera obscura, photography and projectors did. Do these detract from the art in a painting?
From Monet’s rhythmic arrays of poplar trees on the banks of the River Epte to Holder’s arrays of figures, more examples of this technique.
Using repeated forms, usually regularly spaced, is a well-known technique for increasing depth, adding optical effects, and more.
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