HOW ARTISTS CREATE THE ILLUSION OF SPACE.

SODIP

Foreground, Middle-ground, Background.

FOREGROUND

Middle-ground

BACKGROUND

Gustave Caillebotte, Paris Street, Rainy Day, 1877

S.O.D.I.P.

The way that artists make things look 3D is to use SODIP.

Size Overlapping Detail Intensity Placement

SIZE- Larger objects in front/foreground,

Smaller in background.

Claude Monet, The Argenteuil Bridge, 1874

OVERLAPPINGObjects in the background are overlapped by objects in foreground.

Auguste Renoir, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, 1876

DETAILForeground= more detailBackground= less detail

INTENSITYWarmer colors are in foreground.Cooler colors are in background.

Paul Cezanne, Mont Sainte-Victore, 1885

PLACEMENTLower objects are in foreground.Higher objects are in background.

Rafael, Christ Handing the Keys to Saint Peter 1482.

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SizeOverlapDetailIntensityPlacement

Leonardo daVinci, Mona Lisa, 1518