Within the Medieval Perspectival Image: New Methods Old Art

The premise of this paper is that the application of new visualization methods to the study of medieval perspective will reveal features, qualities, characteristics, patterns and typologies that would otherwise not be visible, and that these newly envisioned elements will provide the basis for a new set of questions as to the nature of the medieval spatial construct. Case studies will include an analysis showing the amount of area shown as Heaven and as Earth in Giotto’s Arena Chapel compared to the same in the frescos in the Upper Basilica in Assisi. The quantities will be measured using AutoCad and the data will be visualised with scatter plots using Viewshare. Another case study also using AutoCad and Viewshare will show the consistency of lines of sight measured as angles in the same frescos.

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J. Kirk Irwin

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 345-349

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[0001]Birkbeck, University of London

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2017.70

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2017)

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 11 – 13 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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D. Raynaud 2014 Optics and the Rise of Perspective: A Study in Network Knowledge Diffusion.
P. Vitruvius 1960 Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Dover New York

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[1] L. B. Alberti 1950 Della Pittura. Sansoni Firenze

[2] C. Cennini 1899 The Book of the Art of Cennino Cennini. J. Christiana Herringham. Allen and Unwin London

[3] E. Panofsky 1955 Meaning in the Visual Arts. Doubleday Garden City, New York

[4] D. Raynaud 2014 Optics and the Rise of Perspective: A Study in Network Knowledge Diffusion.

[5] P. Vitruvius 1960 Vitruvius: The Ten Books on Architecture. Dover New York