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# Look at the images at http://euler.slu.edu/~clair/escher/depth . For each artwork, discuss techniques used by the artist to give a sense of depth. | # Look at the images at http://euler.slu.edu/~clair/escher/depth . For each artwork, discuss techniques used by the artist to give a sense of depth. | ||
# Look at Escher's [[Depth]] ({{Magic}} #269). What techniques does Escher use to portray depth? | # Look at Escher's [[Depth]] ({{Magic}} #269). What techniques does Escher use to portray depth? | ||
| − | # On a copy of Duccio’s <cite>[[The Announcement of the Virgin's Death]], notice that lines which head away from the viewer are diagonal. Use a pen and a ruler to extend all of these lines. Do the same for the receeding lines in della Francesca’s [[Flagellation]] (painted 150 years later). What difference do you detect? | + | # On a copy of Duccio’s <cite>[[The Announcement of the Virgin's Death]]</cite>, notice that lines which head away from the viewer are diagonal. Use a pen and a ruler to extend all of these lines. Do the same for the receeding lines in della Francesca’s <cite>[[Flagellation]]</cite> (painted 150 years later). What difference do you detect? |
{{handin|A sheet with answers to the questions, and marked up copies of Announcement and Flagellation.}} | {{handin|A sheet with answers to the questions, and marked up copies of Announcement and Flagellation.}} | ||
Revision as of 00:39, 20 April 2007
Objective: Understand techniques for presenting depth in artwork.
- Look at the images at http://euler.slu.edu/~clair/escher/depth . For each artwork, discuss techniques used by the artist to give a sense of depth.
- Look at Escher's Depth (Magic of M.C. Escher #269). What techniques does Escher use to portray depth?
- On a copy of Duccio’s The Announcement of the Virgin's Death, notice that lines which head away from the viewer are diagonal. Use a pen and a ruler to extend all of these lines. Do the same for the receeding lines in della Francesca’s Flagellation (painted 150 years later). What difference do you detect?
Handin: A sheet with answers to the questions, and marked up copies of Announcement and Flagellation.
