Linear Perspective in Architecture
Plate 5A Linear Perspective |
(A &B Two Vanishing Point) |
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5B Stairs (Two Point Perspective) |
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5C Sistine Chapel(1481-82) |
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Linear Perspective (plate 5A-5B) is one of the dominating inventions of the Classical Greek Civilization. Linear Perspective may be designed from multiple ‘vanishing points’. During the Renaissance Period the concept of Linear Perspective helped to conceptualize architectural design and various machine/ product design. In order to conceptualize a product one has to apply the principles of linear perspective. It uses the principle in the following manner-
- Smaller as their distance from the observer increases
- Foreshortened: the size of an object’s dimensions along the line of sight is relatively shorter than dimensions across the line of sight
The Sistine Chapel fresco (plate 5C) illustrates the linear perspective with the help of foreground and background object proportion and larger to smaller dimensions as the distance grows. The foreground object and distance object’s size reduces proportionately. |
