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IV. Diagrams after John Joshua Kirby’s Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
IV. Diagrams after John Joshua Kirby’s Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
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Lecture Diagram Geometry Standard Perspective as Intersection Cone Vision
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
diagrammatic
emotions, concepts and ideas
figure
formal qualities
inscriptions
Kirby, John Joshua, ‘Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective’
letter of alphabet
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
people
perspective
symbols and personifications
visual illusion
<p>This lecture diagram shows that a perspective representation is equivalent to a tracing on a pane of glass between the artist and the object.The artist is at a fixed point. He looks with one eye at the object (labelled BFDA). The object's perspective representation (labelled bfda) is formed where straight lines (representing rays of light) from the object to the artist's eye (E) pass through the picture (labelled OPRQ).</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
24 November 2017 – 23 May 2018
2018-05-23
24 November 2017 – 23 May 2018
2018-05-23
2017-11-24
Science Museum (London, UK)
2017-11-24
Mathematics Gallery
Loan-out
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
28 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
2023-10-28
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
2023-10-28
Turner at Lenbachhaus Munich
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Lecture Diagram: Geometry of Standard Perspective as the Intersection of the Cone of Vision
support: 480 × 600 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
<p>This lecture diagram shows that a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/perspective" title="Glossary definition for 'Perspective'"><span>perspective</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/representational" title="Glossary definition for 'Representational'"><span>representation</span></a> is equivalent to a tracing on a pane of glass between the artist and the object.<br/>The artist is at a fixed point. He looks with one eye at the object (labelled BFDA). The object's perspective representation (labelled bfda) is formed where straight lines (representing rays of light) from the object to the artist's eye (E) pass through the picture (labelled OPRQ).</p>
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adults diagrammatic emotions, concepts and ideas figure formal qualities inscriptions Kirby, John Joshua, ‘Dr Brook Taylor’s Method of Perspective’ letter of alphabet literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) people perspective symbols and personifications visual illusion
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