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Constantinian style (eyes big, staring, directed): *
Idealising bust of Arcadius (377-408 AD, ruled as Eastern Roman Emperor 395-408), in the Theodosian style combines elements of classicism with the new hieratic style
see ILLUSTRATION BELOW
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Classical sculptor (blind eyes): *
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LEFT: Kritios Boy (480 BC) marble
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RIGHT: Victorious Youth (310 BC), bronze statue of an athlete in Contrapposto pose
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Early Christian-Late-Roman sarcophagi (eyes turned to the beholder): *
ILLUSTRATIONS
Roman sarcophagi
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Roman sarcophagus; Greek mythology was a popular motif in Rome for sarcophagus reliefs, especially when they depicted the happiness and the sorrows of life. This sarcophagus was found in Rome near Porta San Lorenzo, carved 140 - 150 AD
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Early Christian sarcophagus: Lateran Museum, Rome; story of Isaac; Moses on Mount Sinai; healing blind; Peter denies Lord; healing sick; turning water into wine.
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early Florentine & early Rhenish gold-ground pictures (share Magian tendencies): *
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The Madonna of Humility-1423/1424
Masaccio, Florentine
tempera on panel
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A triptych, on gold ground panel; Rhenish School, 15th Century
central panel: The Virgin &Child with musical angels;
the inner wings: St. Catherine of Alexandria; St. Barbara;
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Leonardo (space in paintings): *
Leonardo's painting of The Last Supper (1495-98) uses a single vanish point, placed at the exact centre of the painting. It is a spot on the horizon line, behind Jesus' head. The placement of the vanishing point in that location draws the attention of the viewers to the main character of the work, Jesus. The painting is constructed with a linear perspective as all the perspectival lines are not composed parallel to the picture plane but appear to converge at a single point, the vanishing point. This point also indicates the orientation of the painting's spatial composition and horizon line.
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One-point perspective exists when the picture plane is parallel to 2 axes of a rectilinear scene, composed entirely of linear elements that intersect only at right angles. If one axis is parallel with the picture plane, then all elements are either parallel to the picture plane (either horizontally or vertically) or perpendicular to it. All elements that are parallel to the picture plane are drawn as parallel lines. All elements that are perpendicular to the picture plane converge at a single point (a vanishing point) on the horizon.
