FRS 123: Technology inFRS 123: Technology inArt and Cultural HeritageArt and Cultural Heritage

Beyond Linear PerspectiveBeyond Linear Perspective

Wide Angle DistortionsWide Angle Distortions

• Peruzzi, Salone delle ProspettivePeruzzi, Salone delle Prospettive

Wide Angle DistortionsWide Angle Distortions

• Goes away when painting viewed in Goes away when painting viewed in perspective: match observer’s viewpoint perspective: match observer’s viewpoint to center of projectionto center of projection– ““Peepshows”: Brunelleschi, HoogstratenPeepshows”: Brunelleschi, Hoogstraten

Emphasizing DistortionEmphasizing Distortion

• Vincent van Gogh: The Artist’s Room in Vincent van Gogh: The Artist’s Room in ArlesArles

Anamorphic ArtAnamorphic Art

• Hans Holbein the Younger’s “The Hans Holbein the Younger’s “The Ambassadors”Ambassadors”

Combatting Wide Angle DistortionCombatting Wide Angle Distortion

• Local perspective: Raphael’s School of Local perspective: Raphael’s School of AthensAthens

Local PerspectiveLocal Perspective

• After renaissance:After renaissance:deliberate distortions,deliberate distortions,multiple perspectivesmultiple perspectivesfor artistic effectfor artistic effect

• Georgio De ChiricoGeorgio De Chirico

Cubism: PicassoCubism: Picasso

• Early 20Early 20thth-century art movement: -century art movement: originally meant to include multiple originally meant to include multiple viewpoints in 1 imageviewpoints in 1 image

Cubism: PicassoCubism: Picasso

• Eventually gets more abstractEventually gets more abstract

Composite Photography: David Composite Photography: David HockneyHockney

Composite Photography: David Composite Photography: David HockneyHockney

Multiperspective PanoramasMultiperspective Panoramas

• Background plate for cartoonsBackground plate for cartoons– Camera pans acrossCamera pans across

Multiperspective PanoramasMultiperspective Panoramas

• Construct using computerConstruct using computer

Flexible Multiperspective using Flexible Multiperspective using ComputerComputer