Perspective / David Hockney vs. Paolo Ucello (2/10)
After viewing some art work of David Hockney and Paolo Ucello, I could appreciate how you can look at artwork and estimate the date in which they were created due to the use of perspective, organized space, and color by the artist. However, I questioned whether if Ucello intentionally decided to disregard the idea of perspective on purpose or because he was not educated in the mathematical achievement of that era. It is said that Filippo Brunelleschi was the initial inventor linear perspective in the early 1400’s. Ucello’s series of paintings known as The Battle of San Romano, were all complete at least fifteen years after the introduction of linear perspective. The Battle of San Romano series clearly lack perspective and spatial organization. Unfamiliar with Ucello’s work, I do not know if this was intentional or not. After the development of linear perspective, some artists took it upon themselves to use artistic license and eliminate persepctive on purpose. An example of the intentional lack of perspective can be found in the infamous painting Birth of Venus by Botticelli; created almost 80 years after the introduction of linear perspective.
