This is the essay topic:
‘Illustrate some differing ideas about the role of drawing through a discussion of a number of specific works.”
For example, compare some so-called ‘traditional’ approaches to drawing with more contemporary examples.
It is an art history essay, and to be completed in Chicago Manual style, a traditional drawing style could be perspective linear drawings which were developed in the renaissance period.
Some important concepts are associated with perspective a system of drawing during the Renaissance include.
– Symmetry of buildings and public spaces
– Rational Space
– Ideal proportions
This is to be compared to the concepts and development of contemporary drawings, which use mark-making to create contemporary works of art.
