Graphite and watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
Tate Collection
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Lecture Diagram 30 Perspective Method a Cube after Samuel Marolois and JeanFrançois Niceron
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
diagrammatic
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
inscriptions
Marolois, Samuel
mathematics
named individuals
Niceron, Jean-François
notes and diagrams
people
perspective
society
symbols and personifications
<p>Diagram 30 combines methods by Samuel Marolois, a mathematician and fortification designer, and Jean-François Niceron, a geometrical theorist.</p><p>For Marolois's technique, Turner directs his students to place the eye (E) at the center line (C) where it cuts the horizon line (H). Then draw the plan of the object (P) to be put into perspective. Where perpendicular lines meet the base line (B), mark vanishing lines to the eye. Now draw transfer lines from the plan to the base line and connect to a point (V) at the side. The places at which all these lines intersect form the bottom of the cube.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique graphite watercolour
31 May 2004 – 8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-05-31
Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W Turner
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Lecture Diagram 30: Perspective Method for a Cube (after Samuel Marolois and Jean-François Niceron)
support: 672 × 998 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
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<span class="text13">Diagram 30 combines methods by Samuel</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text14">Marolois, a mathematician and      fortification</span><span class="text0"> designer, and      Jean-François Niceron, a geometrical theorist. </span>
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<span class="text13">For Marolois's technique, Turner directs his</span><span class="text0"> students to place the eye (E) at the center line (C) where      it cuts the horizon line (H). Then draw the plan of the object (P) to be      put into <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>. Where perpendicular </span><span class="text14">lines      meet the base line (B), mark vanishing</span><span class="text0"> lines to      the eye. Now draw transfer lines </span><span class="text13">from the plan      to the base line and connect</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text15">to a point (V) at the side. The places at which</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text13">all these lines intersect form the      bottom of</span><span class="text0"> the cube. </span>
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