Ruler, compass, and nail: constructing a total spherical perspective

DOI10.1080/17513472.2018.1469378MaRDI QIDQ5374495zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors A. Araujo

Publication date 14 September 2018

Published in Journal of Mathematics and the Arts (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.02969

zbMATH Keywords

anamorphosisgeometryruler and compassspherical perspectivevisual arts

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics and visual arts (00A66) Descriptive geometry (51N05) Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) (68U05)

Abstract: We obtain a construction of the total spherical perspective with ruler, compass, and nail. This is a generalization of the spherical perspective of Barre and Flocon to a 360 degree field of view. Since the 1960s, several generalizations of this perspective have been proposed, but they were either works of a computational nature, inadequate for drawing with simple instruments, or lacked a general method for solving all vanishing points. We establish a general setup for anamorphosis and central perspective, define the total spherical perspective within this framework, study its topology, and show how to solve it with simple instruments. We consider its uses both in freehand drawing and in computer visualization, and its relation with the problem of reflection on a sphere.

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