Love it! Amazing! Even though I am nonetheless in love with perspective, and how it's bending, and how one can use it, this was a clear and quite insightful presentation! Thank you!
Brilliant explanations here - so fascinating, especially comparing van Eyck and Vermeer. I'll try and figure the vanishing point out for Vermeer's "Art of Painting". There's similar tiles there, but the vanishing point isn't so easy to identify for me. But still, many thanks for the video! I learnt a lot! 🙂
Yes, there is a reason that I didn't use that work by Vermeer as an example ;-) You can imagine how he probably first painted the wall and floor of the room on the left to get the perspective right, and then added the curtain later on to hide what's underneath. But the vanishing point can be found by using the tiles.
Very interesting again. I actually read that Van Eyck had used some optical device to get the perspective right. In any case, it is quite remarkable, how he innovated in a variety of ways on the artists before him.
Right, there is a recent theory that Van Eyck used an device with four small eyelets through which he would analyze the painting from different perspectives. It is very unlikely that he understood the mathematics of linear perspective, as his works show minor deviations from perfect linear perspective. But the device and his intuition allowed him to approach linear perspective to a large degree. Pretty remarkable indeed in combination with his attention to detail, coloring, and innovative compositions.
@@AmuzeArt That's indeed the story I had read. It was a bit confusing to understand, but I guess the idea is that by carefully observing a three-dimensional scene from different angles, you can also get the perspective right.
Correct. Vermeer supposedly used a camera obscura to get the perspective right. There are two ways of looking at linear perspective. One is to accurately paint a real view in front of you. The other one is to construct a 'fantasy' view by using the geometry of linear perspective. In reality, both methods are often combined.
