How to Use Creative Perspective

Ernest W. Watson

ISBN 10: 0486273377 / ISBN 13: 9780486273372

Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US, 2003

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Distinguished educator shows that violating the academic rules of perspective can be as important as adhering to them. Coverage of the picture plane, foreshortening and convergence, three-point perspective, figures in perspective, more. Also analysis of the works of over 20 leading illustrators and artists, including Pieter de Hooch and Paul Cézanne. 349 illustrations.

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• Titolo: How to Use Creative Perspective
• Editore: Dover Publications Inc., US
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0486273377
• ISBN 13: 9780486273372
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Peso: 346 grammi

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Un illustre educatore dimostra che violare le regole accademiche della prospettiva può essere importante quanto rispettarle. Copertura del piano dell'immagine, scorcio e convergenza, prospettiva a tre punti, figure in prospettiva, altro. Inoltre analisi delle opere di oltre 20 importanti illustratori e artisti, tra cui pieter de hooch e paul cézanne. 349 illustrazioni.

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In this thought-provoking practical guide, a noted artist and educator demonstrates that learning to violate the rules of perspective (profitably) is as important for the practicing artist as learning the principles of perspective themselves. Only in this way can students free themselves from the constraints of tradition and find their own imaginative paths. However, it is vital that students first have a solid grasp of classical perspective before they can think about adapting it creatively.
In presenting the principles of perspective drawing, Mr. Watson devotes a chapter each to step-by-step discussions of such topics as the picture plane, foreshortening and convergence, the circle, the cone, three-point perspective, universal perspective, figures in perspective, and much more. To illustrate his points he offers expert analysis of the works of such leading illustrators as John Atherton, V. Bobri, R. M. Chapin, Jr., Albert Dorne, Robert Fawcett, Constantin Guys, W. N. Hudson, Carl Roberts, Ben Stahl, and Aldren A. Watson, as well as drawings by Pieter de Hooch and Paul Cézanne. The result is a ground-breaking study that artists, illustrators, and draftsmen will find invaluable in learning to create works with convincing perspective.
Ernest W. Watson taught at Pratt Institute for over 20 years, co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of the magazineAmerican Artist, and co-founded the prestigious art publishing house of Watson-Guptill.
Dover (1992) republication of How to Use Creative Perspective, originally published by Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 1955.