Masters of Illusion Relfection

The artists of the Renaissance created several of the techniques used by filmmakers and photographers today to create an illusion to the eye. They use these basic skills every day that we take for granted, such as linear perspective, which adds depth and perspective to an image, forever changing how paintings were crafted along with architecture, and movies and photos today. Another technique created was systematic perspective, using octagons to create different complicated shapes out of perspective. Vanishing and multi-vanishing point perspective, having a point or multiple point where the linear perspective lines match up to give the correct perspective. There was also much research done by artists such as Da Vinici about how light reflects and how it enters the eye rather than radiates around it, with many studies about light and shadow as well. Rules with light and shadow were also developed at this time. Starting with the basics of drawing and shading a sphere and then were applied to more difficult objects such as people. This also led to atmospheric perspective, first explored by Michelangelo, stating the deeper or farther away the more blue and hazier the image becomes. Anamorphic art was also mastered during the Renaissance, which is looking at an image at al angle to be able to see the true image. Angled perspective, especially used by filmmakers today, was also used at this time and caused very dramatic results.