Satire on False Pespective by William Hogarth
In 1754, William Hogarth produced the following engraving for a pamphlet about linear perspective. It features many deliberate perspective problems. How many can you find?
Continue reading the full post for a short list of some of the problems with this picture.
- The man fishing closest to you has a fishing line that passes behind a man that is further away from him.
- The sign is connected to two different buildings, yet the beams show no difference in depth.
- Distant trees overlap the sign itself.
- The man climbing the hill is lighting his pipe with the candle held by the woman leaning out of the upper story window.
How many others did you find?
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