This gallery depicts the persistence and absolution of basic art theory, specifically "one point perspective" through time. One point perspective is when the leading lines or "vectors" in a photo draw your eye to a single vanishing point. In cinema there are modern artists who use this style such as "Stanley Kubrick".
A church interior with elegant figures strolling and figures attending mass, Peeter NEEFFS THE ELDER, c.1630s, From the collection of: Art Gallery of South Australia
This painting from the 16th century shows basic rules of one point perspective. notice how the eyes are drawn down the corridor.
Perspective scenery, Diego de Siloé, Second third of 16th century, From the collection of: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC, Barcelona
This drawing from the late sixteenth century shows basic principals of single point perspective; notice how the eyes are drawn to a certain vanishing point in the drawing.
Perspective of gardens, Jacques Rousseau, Around 1674, From the collection of: Palace of Versailles
This painting from 1674 shows basic principals of single point perspective; notice how the eyes are drawn to a certain vanishing point in the center of the painting.
Project for a Corner Motif of a Painted Ceiling, François Boucher, 1740, From the collection of: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Notice how the figures are all arranged in a certain pattern that draws your eye to a certain vanishing point on this top of the painted ceiling.
Le Couronnement d'Esther, Jean-Franco de Troy, ca. 1825, From the collection of: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Once again in this painting from 1825 we see a combination of figures and architecture creating a single vanishing point in the background.
Portrait of Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc, Madame la Maréchale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello, with her Children, Baron François Gérard, 1814, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The figures in this painting create a one point perspective.
Views in Adelaide No. 2. Hindley Street looking East, S. T. GILL, 1851, From the collection of: Art Gallery of South Australia
The street in this drawing from 1851 draw the eye to a single vanishing perspective point at the end of the road. foreground elements do not disqualify an image from being a one point perspective.
Children in a Garden (The Nurse), Mary Cassatt, 1878, From the collection of: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Curb and tree lines in this painting from 1878 clearly create a one point perspective vanishing at the end of the street.
Billiard Room at Ménil-Hubert, Edgar Degas, 1892, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
I threw this one in here to trick you a little. if you're focusing on the billiards table this is a two point perspective painting. but looking at the wall lines suggests a single point perspective.
Taj Mahal, 1898, From the collection of: Archaeological Survey of India
This photograph from 1898 demonstrates perfect one point perspective with all the vectors leading to the center of the photo.
Illustration to The Golem: Street scene, Steiner-Prag, Hugo, 1917, From the collection of: Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History
This illustration from the golem street scene clearly depicts one point perspective with the vector lines from the buildings leading to the center vanishing point of the far away alleyway.
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