Sunday, September 21, 2008

Kaori: Donatello


"Feast of Herod" by Donatello

In this bronze piece, Donatello uses overlapping, relative size and one point perspective to create a two-dimensional space. The figures in the back are overlapped by others to make it seem like some people are closer to the front. Donatello also overlapped the walls and pillars to give depth to the building. The people in the "windows" (there not really windows...) also decrease in size to create the illusion that they are farther away from the main table. Donatello also uses one-point perspective since the lines converge. By looking at the silverware, the patterns on the floor and the blocks in the pillars, you can see that the lines angle towards the vanishing point towards the middle of the piece.

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