Week 9: Demension/Depth/Space

Dimension is an important aspect when it comes to design. It is the "graphical means of specifying and communicating objects in space." Before such an idea was interpreted, a lot of paintings lacked dimension, therefore something always looked wrong. In the picture to the left you will notice the brick pattern on the floor. This is the perfect example of texture gradient. You can see the texture (the brick) gradually change as the floor goes backwards, the frequency changes. But that's not the only prominent thing in this picture that shows dimension. The flower pots are a perfect example of relative size. The flower pots are obviously the same size in reality, however in this picture the one closer to the camera looks bigger, not because it is, but because of it's dimension. The other depth/size cues include (but not necessarily present in this picture): Overlap, (the closer flower pot overlaps the table), relative height, linear perspective, accomidation, convergence, binocular disparity, and flow pattern.