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Perspective in Renaissance Artwork-Based on the Works of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Durer

Ziying WeiThe International Department Of SSDFZ, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Haowen YangStudio Art, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States Shenru YangSuzhou Industrial Park Foreign Language School, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China Mingwei ZhangDamien High School, Pomona, CA, United States*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The application of perspective has become ubiquitous in the field of art in today’s society, yet the role that the knowledge of perspective played while in the field of painting during the Renaissance is rarely talked about. Therefore, the subject of this paper is to analyze the images of famous paintings as a way to demonstrate the application of perspective in Renaissance painting. The methodology of this paper is as follows: the authors chose two famous Renaissance artists, Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer, and selected two representative works from each of them to study, which are The Last Supper, Mona Liza, Saint Jerome in His Study and Feast of the Rosary. In the study, the authors observe the space, structure and focus of the paintings in order to analyze the relationship between painting techniques and knowledge of perspective. This study attempts to show the reader the application of perspective knowledge in the paintings.

Keywords: Aerial perspective; Renaissance Artwork; Leonardo da Vinci; Albrecht Dürer; Linear perspective
Published: May 17, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/3/20220289
Volume: CHR Vol.3
pp. 275-282
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