MATH 121 (Day 3) Alberti s Method of Perspective

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1 MATH 121 (Day 3) Alberti s Method of Perspective Richard Hammack: rhammack/math121/

2 Filippo Lippi, c. 1560

3 Bottocelli, 1490

4 Matteo di Giovanni, Flagellation of Saint Jerome 1476

5 Giovanni Bellini, c. 1500

6 Andrea Mantegna, c. 1461

7 Vittore Carpaccio, c. 1506

8 Giorgione, c. 1505

9 Paolo Uccello, c. 1466

10 Paolo Uccello, c. 1466

11 Paolo Uccello, c. 1466

12 Leone Battista Alberti

13 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry

14 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

15 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

16 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

17 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

18 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

19 Leone Battista Alberti I want the painter, as far as he is able, to be learned in all the liberal arts, but I wish him above all to have a good knowledge of geometry I would especially ask [artists] as a reward for my labors to paint my portrait.

20 Buildings by Alberti Santa Maria Novella Santa Andrea Florence, Italy Mantua, Itally 1456 to to 1476

21 Books by Alberti Re Aedificatoria,1450 (On the theory and practice of architecture.) De pictura (On painting), 1435 (A treatise on perspective in which he describes the mathematics of drawing a tiled floor in correct perspective.)

22 Books by Alberti Re Aedificatoria,1450 (On the theory and practice of architecture.) De pictura (On painting), 1435 (A treatise on perspective in which he describes the mathematics of drawing a tiled floor in correct perspective.) Today s goal: Learn Alberti s method for drawing a tiled floor in correct perspective

23 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor.

24 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees:

25 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C G R

26 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C G R

27 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C G GQ R

28 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C V PO G GQ R

29 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C V PO G GQ R

30 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C V QP O PO G GQ R

31 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C I V QP O PO G GQ R

32 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C I V QP O J PO G GQ R

33 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C I V QP O J PO G GQ R

34 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

35 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

36 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

37 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

38 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

39 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

40 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

41 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

42 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

43 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C D E I V QP O S PO T J G GQ R

44 Viewer looks into a room with a square floor. How to draw what the viewer sees: B C G GQ R

45 Adaptation to a rectangular floor-plan 8-by-10 grid D B C V I O J S G R width of room depth of room

46 Assignment #2 Drawing what the viewer sees: B C G R