Perspective Sketching
Optical illusions can be employed for more serious pursuits. Until the late nineteenth century, the most famous and influential “trick of the eye” was the invention of linear perspective, generally credited to the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.
Like the Necker cube, it is almost impossible not to perceive the depth relationships in a painting that successfully executes the principles Brunelleschi devised. Technically speaking, linear perspective is nothing more than an optical illusion, but it is rightfully considered one of the most transformative innovations of the Renaissance.
Oscar Niemeyer's visions for Brasillia
Ningbo Gateway by Rogers Stirk Harbour
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Exterior Perspective Sketches
One-Point Perspective
Two-Point Perspective
Interior Perspective Sketches
One-Point Perspective
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Cityscapes
One-Point Perspective
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Two-Point Perspective
A method of drawing two-point perspective using an elastic band fixed by pins to the two vanishing points.