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Vue d'optique

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Vue d'optique

Vue d'optique (French), vue perspective or perspective view refers to a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and into the 19th. Vues d'optique were specifically developed to provide the illusion of depth when viewed through a zograscope, also known as an "optical diagonal machine" or viewers with similar functions.

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Characteristics

  • Reversed type in some or all of the text, for viewing through a mirrored apparatus
  • Bright hand-coloring
  • Scenes chosen for their strong linear perspective (for example, diagonal lines converging at a horizon)
  • Subject matter appealing to armchair travelers: shipping, cities, palaces, gardens, architecture.

    • History

    Optical viewers were generally popular with well-to-do European families in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Perspective views were produced in London, Paris, Augsburg and several other cities.

    References

    Vue d'optique Wikipedia
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