Modular Perspective is a website about the perspective method created by Tomás García Salgado, which is called, modular perspective.
Some advantages of this method are:
Draw a perspective view from the blueprints of a building (or any other object), whether exterior or interior.
Sketch any view of an object in true dimensions directly in perspective, that is, without the aid of blueprints.
Sketch perspective views from preliminary schematic plans of an ongoing project in order to judge its shape and proportions.
Retrieve the true form and dimension of a 3D image, particularly useful for the geometrical analysis of painting masterpieces.
According to the modular perspective model…
“Perspective is the geometric representation of human vision.”
The goal of modular perspective is to learn how the observer's eyesight is able to capture the shape, size, and distance of objects within his or her visual field; and then, how to draw them accurately in the perspective plane. Even if the student or reader uses some of the well-known digital programs to render perspective; It is desirable to improve his, or her, three-dimensional thinking by first understanding the principles of perspective.
See in the next section some of the books that are available on
Google Play Books
BOOKS
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MODULAR PERSPECTIVE...
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PERSPECTIVA MODULAR...
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PERSPECTIVA MODULAR... VOL. 1
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PERSPECTIVA MODULAR... VOL.2
In Modular Perspective, everything the observer sees will vanish at the center of his (virtual) perspective plane; while objects will vanish at as many asymmetric vanishing points as they have parallel systems.
The vanishing points (vp) of the cube are easy to deduce because it has one vp for each pair of its edges, therefore it has 3 vp. But for the icosahedron, it is not so easy to guess how many vanishing points it has.
The perspective drawing at 3 vanishing points is well known in traditional methods. But when you need more than 3 vp, say 15 vp to draw the perspective of an icosahedron, things get complex.
This is why Modular Perspective is very effective in solving any type of perspective construction, such as the view of the Empire State Building shown on the home page. Looking closely at the drawing, although it suggests to have been drawn using 3 vp, it was actually drawn solely with the observer's vanishing point.
Vermeer's The Music Lesson measures retrieved in MP
Leonardo's Last Supper, geometric analysis of the illusory refectory in MP
Dallas City Hall (I. M. Pei). Interior view in MP
Hypercube-building designed directly in perspective by TGS
Hearst Tower (N. Foster), NY. Sketch, photo and drawing in MP
La Grande Arche (Von Spreckelsen), Paris. What if the drawing had been made before the photo? Would you trust the MP method?
Ford Foundation (Roche & Dinkeloo), NY. Interior view drawn in 2 perspective planes in MP
Ford Foundation (Roche & Dinkeloo), NY. Exterior view in MP
Cube-shaped stained glass in MP
The sphere in MP
Lateral displacement of a cube drawn directly in MP
A view of stairs from top to bottom in MP