Vincent van Gogh and his perspective frame - Origins of Modern Art 6
On Vincent van Gogh’s persistent struggle with perspective.
The techniques of depth illusion in early Roman murals.
Linear or mathematical perspective: Filippo Brunelleschi, Leon Battista Alberti, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer.
More on the perspective rules, (repoussoir etc.), see my video “The illusion of depth” on the depiction of depth on a two-dimensional plane:
My Playlist on Art:
Commented images:
00:47 - Van Gogh 1881 – Marsh with Water Lilies - drawing. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, Virginia, USA
01:43 - Anthon van Rappard 1881 – Passievaart near Seppe - drawing. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
02:13 - Van Gogh 1885 – Study for the Potato Eaters. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
02:26 - Van Gogh 1887 – Self-portrait - drawing. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
03:48 - Auguste Allongé 1879 – Study of Willows - print. In Karl Robert: Le fusain sans maitre
04:16 - Van Gogh 1882 – Pollard Willow - watercolor. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
05:16 - Van Gogh 1881 – Road in Etten with Pollard Willows and Man with Broom – drawing. Metropolitan Museum, New York
07:46 - Van Gogh 1882 – Bleaching Ground at Scheveningen - watercolor. Getty Center, Los Angeles
10: 07 - Van Gogh 1881 – Winter Landscape with Hut and Figure - drawing. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
10:33 - Van Gogh c1883 – Flower Beds in Holland / Bulb Fields. National Gallery of Art, Collection Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Washington D.C., US
10:59 - Leon Battista Alberti 1432-38 – Self-Portrait in Bronze. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, US
12:08 - Landscape from the Odyssey 60-40 BC – Odysseus Arrives in Laestrygonia, from the Odyssey Frieze - wall painting. Vatican Museums. Rome, Italy
12:38 - Landscape from the Odyssey 60-40 BC – Attack of the Laestrygonians - wall painting. Vatican Museums, Rome.
15:31 - Leonardo Da Vinci 1478-1519 – The Perspectograph in use - drawing. In Leonardo: Codex Atlanticus
16:44 - Albrecht Dürer 1525 – An artist drawing a seated man - woodcut. In Dürer: The Painters Manual
17:37 - Albrecht Dürer 1498 – Self-Portrait at the age of 26. Museo del Prado, Madrid
18:00 - Lorenzo Lotto c1535 – Portrait of a Gentleman. Galleria Borghese, Rome
18:30 - Fra Filippo Lippi 1440-44 – Portrait of a Woman with a Man at a Casement. Metropolitan Museum, New York
19:34 - David Allan 1775 – Origin of Painting. National Galleries Scotland
19:51 - Albrecht Dürer 1525 – Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Man - preliminary sketch. Bayerische Staatsbiliothek, Munich, Germany
20:57 - Albrecht Dürer 1525 – Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Woman - woodcut. Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna, Austria
22:04 - Van Gogh 5 August 1882 – Beach at Scheveningen with perspective frame - letter sketch
23:15 - Van Gogh 5 or 6 August 1882 – Perspective frame - letter sketch
25:07 - Armand Cassagne 1880 – Figure 1, A large gate, a natural frame - print. In Cassagne: Guide de l’Alphabet du Dessin (2e éd.)
26:05 - Van Gogh 1885 – The Vicarage at Nuenen. Vincent van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
27:12 - Van Gogh 1882 – Flower Nursery on the Schenkweg in The Hague - drawing. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
28:25 - Van Gogh July 1882 – Rooftops, View from the Atelier The Hague - watercolor. Private collection.
29:15 - Van Gogh 1887 – View of Paris from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic. Private collection
Van Gogh 1887 – View from Theo’s apartment in the Rue Lepic. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
30:41 - Van Gogh 1886 – View from Vincent's Studio. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
31:07 - Van Gogh 1887 – View from the Apartment in the Rue Lepic - drawing. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
32:14 - Van Gogh 1887 – Montmartre, Mills and Allotments, Paris. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
32:51 - Van Gogh 1888 – The Langlois Bridge at Arles. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany
35:20 - Van Gogh 1888 – The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Road Alongside the Canal. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
36:33 - Van Gogh 1884 – Weaver at the loom (from front). Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
37:25 - Van Gogh 1884 – A Weaver's Cottage. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
37:59 - Van Gogh 1888 – Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing. Kröller-Müller-Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
38:15 - Claude Monet 1874 – The Bridge, Amsterdam. Shelburne Museum, Vermont VT, USA
39:11 - Paul Cézanne c1880 – Cote du Galet, at Pontoise. Private Collection
40:49 - Van Gogh 1890 – Wheatfield with Crows. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam