Note Set 7

Color is the element of art derived from reflected light

Color has three properties: Hue, Value, Intensity

Hue- the name of a color Value- the darkness or lightness of a colorIntensity- Brightness or Dullness of a hue

These properties of color change as an object gets further away.

This is due to atmospheric perspecitve.

So to make something look further away, you can change the properties of the color. You can make the colors less intense,more blue, and a lighter value.

You can also give the feeling of depth by adding less detail to the items that are further away.

Another way to create the feeling of depth on a flat surface is theuse of linear perspective.

In Medieval times, drawings looked flat.

Filippo Brunelleschi isconsidered to bethe father of modern perspective

Then, in or shortly before 1413, an engineer andarchitect, named Brunelleschi invented a method of giving a natural appearance of depth in flat pictures

Brunelleschi was a well known architect of the Italian Renaissance.

The horizon line is where the ground and sky seem to meet.

A vanishing point is a point in thedistance where receding parallellines seem to meet.

Converging lines (Vanishing Lines)lead our eye into the vanishing point.