Ch 4 Illusion of Space & Motion

Question 1

Amplified perspective

Answer 1

The exaggerated use of linear perspective to achieve a dramatic and engaging presentation of the subject
Often created using an unusual viewing position

Question 2

Atmospheric perspective

Answer 2

A visual phenomenon in which the atmospheric density progressively increases, hazing over the perceived world as one looks into its depth
Definition lessens, details fade, contrasts become muted

Question 3

Cone of vision

Answer 3

In perspective drawing, a hypothetical cone of perception originating at the eye of the artist and expanding outward to include whatever she wishes to record in an illusionistic image
Scoping angle is 45-60 degrees; anything outside the cone of vision is subject to distortion

Question 4

Dynamic space

Answer 4

Compositional organization that emphasizes movement or the illusion of movement

Question 5

Eye level (horizontal line)

Answer 5

In linear perspective, the eye level is determined by the physical position of the artist

Question 6

Fractured space

Answer 6

Discontinuous space that is created when multiple viewpoints are combined within a single image

Question 7

Kinesthetics

Answer 7

The science of movement

Question 8

Layered space

Answer 8

Compositional space that has been deliberately depressed into foreground, middle ground, and background

Question 9

Linear perspective

Answer 9

A mathematical system for projecting the apparent dimensions of a 3-D object onto a flat surface

Question 10

One-point perspective

Answer 10

A form of linear perspective in which the lines receding into space converge at a single vanishing point of the eye level or horizontal line

Question 11

Picture plane

Answer 11

In linear perspective, the flat surface on which a 3-D image is mentally projected

Question 12

Three-point perspective

Answer 12

A form of linear perspective in which the lines receding into space converge at two vanishing points of the eye level plus a third above or below the eye level
Used when the picture plane must be tilted to encompass an object placed above or below the eye level

Question 13

Two-point perspective

Answer 13

A form of linear perspective in which the lines receding into space converge at two vanishing points of the eye level
One point to the left of the object and the other to the right

Question 14

Vanishing point

Answer 14

In linear perspective, the point or points on the eye level at which parallel lines appear the converge