According to classical painting tradition
objects in the painting must not appear to leave the foreground
plane and enter into the viewers space. The integrity of the picure
plane must be maintained.
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In graphic "A" above the right
hand appears very close to the viewer and is also much larger in
relation to the size of the face than is normal. It attempts to
break through the picture plane.
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| In graphic "B" above the camera
was moved back to obtain a more realistic proportion between hand
size and face size as well as attempting to maintain the integrity
of the picture plane. |
An artist composer may paint / draw an object
smaller than it appears in order to maintain integrity of the picture
plane and proportional size relationships. It will be noticed that
in some paintings in the national gallery the foregrounded hands
are much smaller than they would be in real life. In that case the
artist was conforming to the picture plane integrity rule. |
