Inverted Perspective in Art
Display and Expression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3167455 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rudolf Arnheim (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 125 |
| Publication date | 1972-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leonardo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1572546 |
| OpenAlex | W2334558687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
The author draws renewed attention to inverted perspective because it can serve to illustrate two fundamentally different ways of interpreting pictorial form and it has found new applications in the art of our century. He analyzes several examples of artists’ works made in the past and in the present to show that the illusionistic doctrine is not well suited for dealing with formal features that contradict the optical projection of three-dimensional objects on a pictorial surface. He points out how such formal features enhance visual display and expression, which are the basic objectives of picture-making. L’auteur attire l’attention sur l’intérêt de la perspective inverse en ce qu’elle peut servir à illustrer deux manières fondamentalement différentes d’interpréter la forme picturale, et en ce qu’elle a trouvé dans l’art du vingtième siède des applications nouvelles. Il analyse plusieurs exemples d’œuvres artistiques anciennes et contemporaines afin de montrer que la doctrine de l’illusionisme ne peut s’appliquer à des éléments formeis contredisant la projection optique d’objets à trois dimensions sur une surface picturale. Il précise comment de tels éléments formeis mettent en valeur la manifestation visuelle et l’expression, qui sont les objectifs fondamentaux de la création picturale
Aesthetics · Art · Cognitive science · Expression (computer science) · Perspective (graphical) · Programming language · Visual arts · Architecture and Art History Studies · Computer Science · Psychology
The Perception of Pictorial Space in Perspective Pictures
On Interpreting Pictorial Art
On My Concept of Perceptual Perspective That Accounts for Parallel and Inverted Perspective in Pictorial Art
A Commentary on Rudolf Arnheim's Approach to Art and Visual Perception
Perspective and the Viewpoint
Perspective as a Convention
Transformable Paintings and My Mystical Outlook
Constructions Based on a Curved Perspective
On the Problem of “Reverse Perspective”
Caution—Objects Are Closer Than They Appear
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 2010 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |