Architecture fictional and otherwise from different perspectives. This gallery shows how perspective can make a picture or painting of a grand structure or city come to life.
Perspective Map of Fort Worth, Tex. 1891, Henry Wellge, 1891, From the collection of: Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Fort Worth from this perspective appears to go on forever.
Projet A.C.T. Architecture (Renaud Bardon, Pierre Colboc, Jean-Paul Philippon). Coupe perspective générale, Design by A.C.T. Architecture (Renaud Bardon, Pierre Colboc, Jean-Paul Philippon). General section perspective, Octobre 1979, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Arches within arches. Architecture can be efficient and beautiful
Hexascape39, Zu, Doyang, 2011, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association
these different pictures spliced together make it seem as if you are looking in a mirror and seeing several different perspectives at once.
View of the Naviglio Canal from the San Marco Bridge in Milan, Giuseppe Canella, 1834/1834, From the collection of: Fondazione Cariplo
the view from the bridge shows how much of the city revolves around the canal in Milan
The Entrance to a Palace, van Delen, Dirck, 1654, From the collection of: Dulwich Picture Gallery
The view of the beautiful palace from just outside the entrance makes me really want to be able to walk through the entrance and see the palace in all of it beauty
The Ideal City, Fra Carnevale, ca. 1480-1484 (Renaissance), From the collection of: The Walters Art Museum
The Ideal city is very interesting to me it is very logical and clean, but where are all the people.
42-Road, Hahn, Jeesun, 2008, From the collection of: Korean Art Museum Association
Do all roads lead to the same place?
The Antesacristy of the Franciscan Convent, Eugenio Landesio, 1855, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Arte
the colors in this piece are fantastic. It is only when you see them lit in the hallway you really appreciate them.
Interior of Milan Cathedral, Giovanni Migliara, 1826/1826, From the collection of: Fondazione Cariplo
You really get the feeling that you are standing at the edge of the cathedral and are frozen in time looking up in amazement and wondering how men could have made something so grand.
Salonica from Allied warship [light cruiser HMS DORIS], 1915/1916, From the collection of: King's College London Archives
Salonica is put in perspective from this picture. it also makes you think about war and destruction of architecture when cities are attacked.
View of Varenna from the Castle of Vezio, Piero Fornasetti, 1939/1939, From the collection of: Fondazione Cariplo
As grand as our architecture may seem mountains are still much more grand when seen from the proper perspective.
The Tiber at Castel Sant’Angelo, Seen from the South, Gaspard van Wittel, 1700/1715, From the collection of: Fondazione Cariplo
architecture is alway more beautiful while near water during a sunset. I noticed this painting because of how spectacular the reflection of the buildings appear in the water.
Oaxaca Cathedral, José María Velasco, 1887, From the collection of: Museo Nacional de Arte
the sunset lights up this cathedral giving it a holy feeling. A bronze cathedral on bronze sand in front of a golden sunset.
A View of the Bay of Naples, Looking Southwest from the Pizzofalcone Toward Capo di Posilippo, 1791, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Another beautiful city by the water during a sunset that I would love to visit. This is a fantastic example of perspective the painter picked a place that showed the entire bay and captured it.
Interior of the Pantheon, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini, c. 1734, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
The Pantheon lit and it's beauty illuminated
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