Watercolour on paper
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
I. Numbered Perspective Diagrams
Perspective lectures c.1809-28
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
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Lecture Diagram 31 Perspective Method a Cube after Jan Vredeman de Vries
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
diagrammatic
education, science and learning
emotions, concepts and ideas
formal qualities
inscriptions
mathematics
named individuals
notes and diagrams
people
perspective
society
symbols and personifications
Vredeman de Vries, Jan
<p>Hans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch painter and architectural designer who published books with inventive illustrations of buildings in perspective. His treatise entitled Perspective 1604-5 had an important impact on northern European artists interested in perspectival painting.</p><p>Here Turner demonstrates how Vredeman de Vries used lines on a grid leading to a principal point (E for Eye) and a diagonal to a distance point (D) to produce a foreshortened cube.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
31 May 2004 – 8 November 2004
2004-11-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
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2004-05-31
Vanishing Point: The Perspective Drawings of J.M.W Turner
Collection based display
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
16 March 2019 – 31 May 2019
2019-05-31
2019-03-16
MK Gallery (Milton Keynes, UK)
2019-03-16
The Lie of the Land
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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
Loan-out
Lecture Diagram 31: Perspective Method for a Cube (after Jan Vredeman de Vries)
support: 671 × 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="text0">Hans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch painter and      architectural designer who </span><span class="text14">published books with      inventive illustrations</span><span class="text0"> of buildings in      <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>. His treatise </span><span class="text14">entitled </span><span class="text15">Perspective</span><span class="text14"> 1604-5 had an      important</span><span class="text0"> impact on northern European      artists interested in perspectival <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a>. </span>
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<span class="text0">Here Turner demonstrates how Vredeman de Vries used      lines on a grid leading to a principal point (E for Eye) and a diagonal to      a distance point (D) to produce 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/f/foreshortening" title="Glossary definition for 'Foreshortening'"><span>foreshortened</span></a> cube. </span>
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