Chapter 10: Illusion of Space

It all starts on the Picture Plane.  The two dimensional surface on which you create.  (1)  The area you choose to place your image.  Paper, wall or bus, the plane is up to you.

(1)                                              Leo, Dan.  "Quick Van Paint".  Spray Paint on Van.
                                                May 19, 2012.  Web. <http://danleodesign.com/2012/05/van/>

An element that can be used to create length on the picture plane is Foreshortening.  This makes subjects appear to shorten as it moves closer to the viewer.  (2)  This helps create a sense of realism in the picture plane.  

(2)               Caroselli, Angelo.   "Saint Jerome in the
                      Wilderness".  Oil on Panal.  1620-1630.
                 The Walters Art Museum.  Web.
                   <http://art.thewalters.org/detail/888/
                    saint-jerome-in-the-wilderness/>  

Another way to achieve space is to show the relationship of subject by size.  (3)  By photographing the moon in front of the earth we see that is much smaller in comparrison, however looking up at the moon from the earths surface we might assume it is larger than it is.

(3)                                                                           Celestia.  "Moon and Earth".  Photo.  Web.                                                                                           <http://fisica.cab.cnea.gov.ar/estadistica/abramson/celestia/gallery/slides/Moon-Earth-2.html>

(4)            Hundley, Sterling.  "Vertical Hold"
Paint on Canvas.  2010.  Web.
<http://sterlinghundley.com/> 

Other ways of creating the illusion of space are                       Vertical Location, Aerial Perspective, Multi point perspective, and Amplified Perspective.  A way of expressing distance by placing objects higher on the picture plane is vertical location.  (4)  Aerial perspective, also known as Atmospheric is the use of light and dark to show depth.  (5)  When different objects have different vanishing point, that are not parallel to each other, are introduced in to a piece we see multipoint perspective.  (6)  Amplified perspective is seen when you point something directly at the viewer.  (7)

(5)              Orange House Photo.  "Arial2".  Digital.
360 x 316.  2006.  Web.
<http://www.orangehousephotos.com/
my_weblog/2006/12/color_theory_an_1.html>

(7)                                          LSD s.l.r.  "Love & Hate"  Photo.  Web.
                                                          <http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/28/
                                                         love-and-hate-baby-knuckle-tattoo/>

(6)                                  Escher, MC.
               "Relativity"  Lithograph.
1953.  Web.
<http://www.mcescher.com/>

 

Finally, we will see Isometric Projection.  (8)  This is creating space  without using 1,2, or 3, point perspective.  An abstraction, showing 3D images without any sense of depth.   This can create ambiguity because all of the objects appear to be the same size.  To make it even more confusing the 3D images can share the page with 2D images. 

Rule breakers.

(8)                                           Escher, MC.  "Reptiles".  Lithograph.  1943.  Web.  <http://www.mcescher.com/>