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Baldwin J, Burleigh A, Pepperell R. Comparing artistic and geometrical perspective depictions of space in the visual field. Iperception. 2014;5(6):536-47doi: 10.1068/i0668.
Baldwin, J., Burleigh, A., & Pepperell, R. (2014). Comparing artistic and geometrical perspective depictions of space in the visual field. i-Perception, 5(6), 536-47. https://doi.org/10.1068/i0668
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Baldwin J, Burleigh A, Pepperell R. Comparing artistic and geometrical perspective depictions of space in the visual field. Iperception. 2014 Oct 16;5(6):536-47. doi: 10.1068/i0668. eCollection 2014. PMID: 26034563; PMCID: PMC4441028.
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Iperception. 2014 Oct 16;5(6):536-47. doi: 10.1068/i0668. eCollection 2014.

Comparing artistic and geometrical perspective depictions of space in the visual field.

i-Perception

Joseph Baldwin, Alistair Burleigh, Robert Pepperell

Affiliations

  1. Cardiff School of Art & Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, CF5 2YB, UK; e-mail: [email protected].

PMID: 26034563 PMCID: PMC4441028 DOI: 10.1068/i0668

Abstract

Which is the most accurate way to depict space in our visual field? Linear perspective, a form of geometrical perspective, has traditionally been regarded as the correct method of depicting visual space. But artists have often found it is limited in the angle of view it can depict; wide-angle scenes require uncomfortably close picture viewing distances or impractical degrees of enlargement to be seen properly. Other forms of geometrical perspective, such as fisheye projections, can represent wider views but typically produce pictures in which objects appear distorted. In this study we created an artistic rendering of a hemispherical visual space that encompassed the full visual field. We compared it to a number of geometrical perspective projections of the same space by asking participants to rate which best matched their visual experience. We found the artistic rendering performed significantly better than the geometrically generated projections.

Keywords: art; geometrical perspective; space perception; visual field; visual space; wide-angle vision

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