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31 - Perspective in Art

Sep 23, 202134 minSeason 2Ep. 10
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Episode description

How can I use perspective to draw physical space more accurately? What was the Renaissance? How can learning about art history improve my Instagram influencer status?

We're learning all about art today, by talking about how the technique of linear perspective completely revolutionised how we capture 3D space on 2D paper! Join us on a journey to 15th century Florence to see human ingenuity in action.

Jin's beautiful beach drawing, or "Why Jin went to med school instead of art school"

An example of beach photography with accurate perspective

Wile E. Coyote attempts to catch the Road Runner with perspective

Brunelleschi's contraption

Holy Trinity by Masaccio

Examples of paintings that don't use linear perspective

Examples of paintings showing linear perspective

V-J Day at Times Square by Alfred Eisenstaedt

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