HW 6

The piece one the right by Yosa Buson greatly shows space and perspective skills used in art throughout history. One can see in the piece that we are far away from the city located in the background, looking from the foreground next to some trees and rock formations. In the middle ground one can see the faded path leading to the city walls. How this depth can be seen is by the way the artist positioned all the part of this painting. The trees and rock formation in the front look as if they were painted more heavily compared to the rest of the piece. This makes that foreground seem to overlap whatever is happening in the background. This also goes together with augmenting the size of certain things to create depth. In this painting, the trees and rocks in front are much bigger than the city buildings, which in reality wouldn't be common. Lastly, all the lines in the foreground seem to be pointing towards the background. The rocks and trees slanting towards in the direction where the painting seems more dim, creating a vanishing point.