Perspective for Art Students

Richard G. Hatton

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781473331686
• eBook ISBN: 9781473341609
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

"Perspective for Art Students" presents the reader with a comprehensive and beginner-friendly introduction to perspective in drawing, being an overview of it's main principles with instructions and tips on how to correctly use it in the creation of art. This volume will be of considerable utility to anyone with a practical interest in drawing, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The New Syllabus of the Board of Education", "What Perspective Is", "Cuboid Forms the most Suitable for Perspective Problems", "Why Things Vanish", "The Picture-plane", "Objects Protruding before the Picture-plane", "Sketching and Working Perspective Drawings", "Sketching-The Three Lines", "The Distance of the Object from the Spectator", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on drawing and illustration.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Preface
• Contents
• The New Syllabus of the Board of Education
• 1. What Perspective is
• 2. Cuboid Forms the most suitable for Perspective Problems
• 3. Why things vanish
• 4. The Picture-plane
• 5. Objects protruding before the Picture-plane
• 6. Sketching and working Perspective Drawings
• 7. Sketching—the Three Lines
• 8. The Three Lines—their Directions
• 9. The Distance of the Object from the Spectator; how Aspect is affected by it
• 10. The Distance of Objects on the Right or Left of the Spectator; how Aspect is affected by it
• 11. Different Positions below or above the Eye; how they affect the Aspect
• 12. The Difference in Angular Position of the Object; how it affects Aspect
• 13. Differences in the Inclination of the Plane on which the Object stands
• 14. Different Inclinations of Planes; Effect on the Aspect; Planes perpendicular to the Picture
• 15. Different Inclinations of Planes; Effect on the Aspect; Planes inclined to the Picture
• 16. Vanishing Points of Lines in the Various Planes
• 17. Guessing Measurements
• 18. Radial Projection
• 19. Vanishing Lines and Picture-lines
• 20. The Horizon and the Ground-line
• 21. The Theory of the Horizon and of Vanishing Lines and Points generally
• 22. Finding Vanishing Points on the Horizon
• 23. The Line of Heights
• 24. Architects’ Perspective
• 25. Measuring-points
• 26. Parallel Perspective
• 27. Objects in Angular Positions
• 28. Angular Vanishing Points; Angular Perspective
• 29. Examples of Angular Perspective
• 30. Inclined Perspective
• 31. To find a Vanishing Line
• 32. To find the V.L. of Horizontal Planes
• 33. To find the V.L. of Vertical Planes, perpendicular to the Picture
• 34. To find the V.L. of Inclined Planes, perpendicular to the Picture
• 35. Planes parallel to the Picture
• 36. To find the V.L. of Vertical Planes inclined to the Picture
• 37. Finding the V.L. of directly Ascending or Descending Planes
• 38. Finding the V.L. of obliquely Ascending or Descending Planes
• 39. Laying down the Eye
• 40. The Scaffolding of a Problem
• 41. Finding Picture-lines
• 42. Picture-lines continued
• 43. Vanishing Points and Lines vanishing to them
• 44. Chess-board in Parallel Perspective shown in all the Planes
• 45. Perpendiculars to the Six Different Planes
• 46. A Few Hints to Draughtsmen
• 47. Projection of Shadows
• 48. Shadows cast by Artificial Light
• 49. Shadows cast upon a Vertical Plane by Artificial Light
• 50. Shadows cast on an Oblique Plane by Artificial Light
• 51. Shadows of and on Cylinders, etc., thrown by Artificial Light
• 52. Shadows cast by the Sun
• 53. To find the V.P. of the Sun’s Rays
• 54. Shadows of Lines without V.P.’s when the Sun has no V.P
• 55. Shadows of Lines parallel to the Picture with the Sun behind the Picture
• 56. Shadows of Lines which vanish, and are cast by the Sun when its Rays vanish
• 57. Shadows of Lines vanishing, the Sun’s Rays not vanishing
• 58. Shadows of Circular Objects
• 59. Reflections
• 60. Aërial Perspective
• 61. Solving Problems (Questions set at Examinations of the Board of Education)
• A Set of Rules
• Index