A flatland painting

How to Correctly View a Flatland Painting

Mark D. Schlatter

Department of Mathematics
Centenary College of Louisiana

Introduction

In this web page, we will discuss what a perspective painting would look like in a two-dimensional world. We will also show how a viewer can find the ideal viewing spot for a work in perspective --- that is, how to find the vanishing point and viewing distance for a painting.

This site is a modified version of my paper "How to Correctly View a Flatland Painting".


Table of contents


Mark Schlatter
Last modified: 8/5/2004