03 — ARTWORK
Manière universelle pour pratiquer la perspective (detail)
- MEDIUM
- Engraving, 175 x 121 mm
- TYPE
- Other
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This engravingA print made from a metal plate that has had a design cut into it with a sharp point. Ink is smeared over the plate and then wiped off, the ink remaining in the etched lines being transferred when the plate is pressed very firmly onto a sheet of paper. is from Desargues's "Manière universelle pour pratiquer la perspectiveThe method of representing three-dimensional objects on a flat surface. Perspective gives a picture a sense of depth. The most important form of perspective in the Renaissance was linear perspective (first formulated by the architect Brunelleschi in the early 15th century), in which the real or suggested lines of objects converge on a vanishing point on the horizon, often in the middle of the composition (centralized perspective). The first artist to make a systematic use of linear perspective was Masaccio, and its principles were set out by the architect Alberti in a book published in 1436. The use of linear perspective had a profound effect on the development of Western art and remained unchallenged until the 20th century." (Universal way to practice perspective), published in Amsterdam in 1664.
CITE THIS RECORD — BIBTEX
@online{wga-r20aa218cfb5954,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Manière universelle pour pratiquer la perspective (detail) by DESARGUES, Gérard},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-09},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/desargues-grard-rbc608f401dd4f9/manire-universelle-pour-pratiquer-la-perspective-detail-r20aa218cfb5954},
urldate = {2026-09-09},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-09. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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