Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 760 g
The art of perspective
Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 760 g
Reihe: OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries
ISBN: 978-90-272-5331-6
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company
The book opens with an introduction on central perspective, followed by a discussion of the relationship between central perspective and freehand drawing, in which the concept of ‘implicit curvilinear perspective’ is introduced.
In the next chapter Saenredam’s construction technique is examined in detail. It explores, for example, how and why Saenredam combined distant point perspective with costruzione legittima abbreviata in one and the same drawing. The investigation of his methods is centered around the construction drawings Saenredam made by rule and compass.
The final section of the book deals with the means by which Saenredam acquired his knowledge of perspective.