Agatharchus Linear Perspective

The technique used in representing three-dimensional images onto a two-dimensional picture plane is what is known as Perspective drawing. More specifically, Linear Perspective is described as ‘a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the horizon.’

Certainly one of perspectives’ main uses in painting is in establishing the position from which the artist or spectator observes the scene. This can be achieved by placing a horizontal line across the hypothetical surface of the picture (its 'horizon line') along with a vertical line down it (its 'center of vision'). Both of which are imaginary lines, possibly extending beyond the edge of the picture for construction purposes. Having set up the position from which the spectator is viewing the scene, the artist may continue on the basis that parallel lines converge as they recede, meaning they eventually meet at what is known as the 'vanishing point' on the 'horizon line'. Then the artist draws imaginary converging lines so as to …show more content…
Later, it was implemented with no little success in the illusionistic mural paintings at Pompeii. But the value of perspective in art was not merely a matter of aesthetics, but also a reflection of cultural politics. A good example of this can be found in Egyptian and Byzantine art in how they disregarded perspective entirely, in favor of non-naturalistic representation. Therefore, Egyptian and Byzantine artists stuck to a scheme in which figures were sized and drawn according to their relative status in society. In Chinese painting, perspective was not of much concern until the era of Qing Dynasty