Rene Magritte, One Point Perspective and Surrealism
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This document discusses the surrealist artist Rene Magritte and his use of one point perspective and size disparities to create impossible or surreal scenes that blur the line between reality and illusion. It provides examples of Magritte's paintings where he uses techniques like one point perspective and changing the relative sizes of objects to create impossible spaces or scenes that generate unusual feelings in the viewer. The document also contrasts one point perspective, which uses a single vanishing point, with aerial perspective, which manipulates elements like overlap, value, and size to create an illusion of depth.
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Rene Magritte, One Point Perspective and Surrealism
- 1. Rene Magritte Surrealism And One Point Perspective
- 2. Surrealism creates art in which the impossible becomes “real” through a disparity (difference) of what we see and what we know about reality!
- 3. What is “Disparity of Realities” Things that don’t make sense together… Surrealists, like Magritte used Realism in art to make things appear to be true that could never be true in real life. Magritte often used one point perspective and size to create his disparities!
- 4. How does size create a disparity in this painting? (What in the picture helps?) What feelings does it create? How would it be different if the tree did not resemble a leaf?
- 5. Perspective: The illusion of space in a work of art Aerial Perspective is One Point Perspective: the use of size, The mathmatical use overlap, or change in of a “vanishing Point” value from light to in an work of art that dark to create the is used by the artist illusion of space in an to more formally and artwork exactly create the illusion of space in a work of art
- 6. How is space created in this painting? Is it Aerial or One Point Perspective? How can you tell?
- 7. What creates the illusion of space in this artwork? Can you identify what is “wrong” with this picture?
- 8. What do you think…Aerial or One point Perspective? Give examples to support your decision!
- 9. Is there a vanishing point here? What are some ways to find it? Name some unusual aspects of this room and furniture.
- 10. Where would the vanishing point from this painting be located? Do you think that one point perspective helps this picture seem more real?
- 11. Find the vanishing point and then think about what is “odd” in this painting!
- 12. Name some of the “everyday” objects you find in this artwork…
- 13. Do you think it’s easy to find the vanishing point here? What do you think is happening in this painting? Could you make a similar work of art? What would you put in your room? Have you noticed the one point perspective is used when drawing buildings…aerials in the “outdoors”?
Editor's Notes
- Magriette is a Belgian Artist who worked during the early and mid 1900’s. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things. The representational use of objects as other than what they seem is typified in his painting.
- There are two illusions here…both size (bird to ocean), time (overcast day, blue sky day)
- Is the tree a tree or is it a leaf? If it is a leaf, why are the people so small? If it is a tree, what is that ball? Discuss the importance of the people in this picture.
- Overlap of the buildings and the overlape of the buildings over the man’s leg make the aerial perspective space in this painting
- Both size and the placement of the trunks (moving up in the space) indicate the use of aerial perspective
- This slide has both aerial and one point. The size difference in the repeated image of the man in aerial, as well as the overlap of the figures with the buildings. The windows in the building in the foreground have orthogonal lines leading to a vanishing point.
- Students can use the table, stairs, wall-ceiling orthogonal lines to locate a vanishing point
- The vanishing point will be located off the painting to the left using the top and bottom of the side of the bridge.
- Begin to discuss the use of size and get opinions from students what they think is “really” big and small in the painting. You can also look at where the vanishing point would be and how the floorboards and bed are drawn using the vanishing point.