Written Response- Over The Masters of Illusion Video

A Written Response Over The Masters of Illusion Video

Today was the start of a new semester which always feels exciting and fresh. As I sat in class I learned about perspective and the importance of a focus. During the Renaissance period the ability to truly allude to depth was developed by Masaccio. In his piece above named The Trinity he creates a focal point that all the dynamic lines in the piece connect at. This illusion causes the eye to believe the space is three-dimensional. 

Another aspect of illusion is formed within anamorphic art. This means the piece appears to be stretched out unless viewed at a specific angle. Some pieces even have hidden anamorphic parts to create symbolism. I found this aspect so cool and appealing I'm wondering if I could possibly do it in our photo collage project. The fact that a focal point can still be used within a photo collage is really interesting. The main part of the video was to show the viewer how illusions work even in older art. Within Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa he utilizes the eye's ability to blend objects together as they are placed farther back in space. He does this through the illusion of foggy landscape in the background. There's so much to learn from these forms of illusions to create a form of depth on a two-dimensional plane. Although, Renaissance artists were the first to create certain allusions their creativity has withstood the passage of time.