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Vue d'optique

Genre of etching

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.

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.

Gallery

File:Vue d'optique 001.jpg|Vue d'optique of Havre de Grace Port of Paris printed in Germany ca. 1800. File:Vue d'optique 002.jpg|Vue d'optique of the Bridge of La Concorde, Printed in Paris File:Vue d'optique 003.jpg|Vue d'optique of the Hotel Royal des Invallides, printed in Paris File:Vue d'optique 004.jpg|Vue d'optique of Rome, printed in Paris File:Vue d'optique 008.jpg|Vue d'optique of the Hotel de Ville in Amsterdam, printed in England

References

Kaldenbach, Kees. "Perspective Views".
Philographikon. ""Vue d'Optique" or "Perspective View"".
Kaldenbach, Kees. "Perspective Views".

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