Spatial Relationship Examples



Artist: John Pugh

Illusionistic



This is an illusionistic painting on a wall.  It is 3-dimensional and clearly has space and volume.  The shading and use of light gives it the depth needed to look like the wall has broken away and we can see the room inside.  Painting this large on the wall adds to the illusion.  The lady standing next to the wall is part of the painting.  Notice her shadow “inside the room.”





Flat

The Pepsi Logo is an example of a flat drawing as there is no depth and no overlapping.



Artist: Shigeo Fukuda

Ambiguous

I thought this was a simple example of an ambiguous drawing.  It is flat yet it also has dimensional space.  If you focus on the black, you can see men’s pant legs and shoes kicked up in the air.  When you focus on the white, you see women’s legs and high-heeled shoes.  I guess it is also an illusion…however it lacks the depth of a three dimensional drawing.