How to Look at and Understand Great Art - Season 1 Episode 7
Tracking the history of illusionism in Western art, grasp the principles of linear perspective, foreshortening, and atmospheric perspective as they replicate how the human eye perceives. See how artists, including Cézanne and Van Gogh, manipulated perspective for their own creative ends, and observe the extreme illusionism of trompe l'oeil and anamorphosis.
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: The Great Courses
- Keyword: painting, architecture, art, educational, art history, instructional video
- Cast: Sharon Latchaw Hirsh
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