Linear Perspective, By Mackinnon

Art has a very broad definition, especially in our era and society. What is painted on a canvas or drawn in a sketchbook is determined solely by the artist, as well as the influences they turn to in order to create their work. Many artists represent the world through their work, but the world they see is obviously biased, we all have a different pair of eyes. How they represent the world they see depends on their style, as well as the knowledge of art that is available to them during their era. MacKinnon introduced the class to linear perspective. Its definition is as follows; linear perspective is a type of perspective used by artists in which the relative size, shape, and position of objects are determined by drawn or imagined lines converging at a point on the
Instead art from those times looked strange, angles were odd, and nothing really fit together properly. It would be practical to assume that over time artists would be able to capture certain techniques, such as linear perspective, in order to make render their work more lifelike. As it turns out, during the time of Medieval Europe, the progress halted, in fact it started to go backwards due to the superstition, poverty, and the church’s oppression of the masses. One thing about art that stayed true over the course of history, even through medieval times, is that artists of an era tend to reflect the times the artists live through. For example, on of MacKinnon’s slides presented the class with a piece of art featuring skeletons, symbolizing the impact that the Black Death had across Europe. Thankfully art did begin to develop further after this period. The Italian Renaissance, between the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, was a time of change and