2-Point Perspective
Drawing and
Architecture Unit
7th Grade
What is perspective and how
do artists use it in works of art?
What is 2-Point Perspective?
What is Architecture?
National Visual Arts Standards
Visual Arts Standard 2:
Using knowledge of structures and functions
[5-8] Students employ organizational structures and analyze what makes them effective or not
effective in the communication of ideas
Visual Arts Standard 3:
Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas
[5-8] Students integrate visual, spatial, and temporal concepts with content to communicate
intended meaning in their artworks
[5-8] Students use subjects, themes, and symbols that demonstrate knowledge of contexts, values,
and aesthetics that communicate intended meaning in artworks
Visual Arts Standard 6:
Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines
[5-8] Students compare the characteristics of works in two or more art forms that share similar
subject matter, historical periods, or cultural context
[5-8] Students describe ways in which the principles and subject matter of other disciplines taught in
the school are interrelated with the visual arts
Student Objectives
By the end of this unit, you should be able to…
…define perspective, proportion, horizon line, vanishing point
and orthogonal line.
…illustrate a word in 1-point perspective.
…draw architecture using 2-point perspective.
…identify and demonstrate the four shading techniques.
Student Objectives Continued
Students will be able to:
• recognize the elements of art and how they are used in a
work of art.
• identify architectural elements in a work of art.
• describe how architectural elements relate to the landscape
in the work of art.
• create a drawing in perspective, integrating architectural
elements.
Do Now -
Perspective Vocabulary
Two-Point
Perspective: a way
to show 3-D
objects on a flat
surface using two
vanishing points.
The Temple of Hercules in Cori Near Velletri
Greek And Roman Architecture
Ancient Greece and Rome
A Step Back In Time
Ugh The Dreaded Vocabulary Part
Architrave – The
lowest part of the
entablature that sits
directly on the
capitals (tops) of the
columns.
Column – An upright post,
usually square, round, or
rectangular. It can be used as
a support or attached to a
wall for decoration. In
classical architecture,
columns are composed of a
capital, shaft, and a base,
except in Doric order.
Columns?
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A column was a huge stick that held the roof up.
The first columns were made of wood.
The Greeks ran out of wood.
They had a lot of rock, so they used rock instead of wood.
Cornice – The
rectangular
band above the
frieze, below
the pediment.
Capital – The top portion of a
column. In classical architecture,
the architectural order is usually
identified by design of the capital
(Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian).
Capitals are very large
Frieze – The wide
rectangular section on the
entablature, above the
architrave and below the
cornice. In the Doric order,
the frieze is often decorated
with triglyphs (altering
tablets of vertical groves)
and the plain, rectangular
bands spaced between the
triglyphs (called metopes).
Metopes –
rectangular bands
spaced between
the triglyphs
Pediment – a classical
element that forms a
triangular shape above
the entablature. The
pediment is often
decorated with statues
and its sides can be
curved or straight.
Tryglyphs – altering
tablets of vertical groves
Temple of Hera at Paestum, Italy
Temple of Neptune at Paestum, Italy
Temple of Athena at Paestum, Italy
Where is Paestum?
It is near where my uncle is from