Art Institute of Chicago
Urban Space
The use of perspective is clear in Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte. Pupils study and discuss this example, marking the vanishing points and horizon line of a photocopy of the piece. They then create their own urban scene...
National Gallery of Canada
Mastering One-Point Perspective
Cover one-point perspective through observation and practice. Class members examine several works of art that use one-point perspective, look at magazine images to find the vanishing points and horizon lines, and draw their own city...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 3: Technical Aspects of Art
In this third unit of a course on Art Appreciation, students learn how to describe the technical aspects of an artist's work by discussing elements of art and principles of design. They also look at the stylistic qualities of an artist's...
Other
Inside Penciling Comics: Two Point Perspective
On this website you can learn how two point perspectives are used to create pictures in comic books.
Museum of Science
Boston Museum of Science: Exploring Linear Perspective
This site explores linear perspective and how it was first used in the early 15th-Century. Discusses horizon line, vanishing point, and orthogonal lines. The site provides an example.
Other
Harold Olejarz: Interactive Horizon Line
An interesting interactive slide show about perspective, including the horizon line and vanishing points.
ArtLex
Art Lex: Horizon Line
Scroll down to find a definition of horizontal with hyperlinks to other definitions on the site.
Curated OER
Where Is the Horizon Line?
An interesting interactive slide show about perspective, including the horizon line and vanishing points.