Perspective in ART

Think about the art work pictured to the left by the Japenese artist Okumura Masanobu.

• Tell (Describe what you see without judgement.)
  
• How (What do the features, elements, or techniques did the artist use?)
  
• Interpret (Why did the artist create the artwork and what does the image communicate?)
  
• Now, What do YOU think? (Judgement- Do you feel the work is successful? why or why not?)
  
• Know the artist (What biographical or interesting facts can you tell about the artist?)
  

“Large Perspective Picture of a Second-Floor Parlor in the New Yoshiwara, Looking Toward the Embankment” 
(1745), a hand-colored woodcut by Okumura Masanobu that uses European one-point perspective.

Other images by Okumura Masanobu online:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Biography of Okumura Masanobu from the Allen Memorial Art Museum of Oberlin College