# abraham bloemaert

**Inside:** A curated collection of artworks that exemplify the use of space in art—demonstrating how artists create depth, perspective, and a sense of environment. This resource is part of our comprehensive Elements and Principles of Art series, designed to support and inspire your art lessons.

Space is a fundamental element that helps convey depth and dimension in art. Whether through perspective, overlapping, or the use of positive and negative areas, artists manipulate space to guide the viewer’s eye and create a sense of realism or abstraction.

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## Examples of Space in Art

### Space in Art Examples: Vast/Open Space
- Caspar David Friedrich, _[Monk by the Sea](http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/articles/whispering-zeitgeist)_, 1809
- Andrew Wyeth, [_Christina’s World_](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78455), 1948
- Maruyama Okyo, [_Geese Over a Beach_](http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectNumber=F1898.143), 18th century
- Sanford R. Gifford, [_Isola Bella in Lago Maggiore_](http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/10945), 1871

### Artworks that Show Space using Overlapping
- John Sloan, _[South Beach Bathers](/content/how-artists-depict-space-art-lesson/index.html),_ 1907-08
- Horace Pippin, [_Man on a Bench_](http://www.wikiart.org/en/horace-pippin/man-on-a-bench-1946), 1946
- Trigo Piula, [_Ta Tele Gabon_](/content/art-around-the-world-in-30-days-day-7-congo/index.html), 1988
- Jacob Lawrence, [_The Library_](http://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-library-1960), 1960

### Space in Art Examples: Relative Size
- John Sloan, _[South Beach Bathers](/content/how-artists-depict-space-art-lesson/index.html),_ 1907-08
- Ben Shahn, [_Italian Landscape_](http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/italian-landscape), 1943-1944
- Abraham Bloemaert, [_Shepherd Boy Pointing at Tobias and the Angel_](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abraham_Bloemaert_-_Shepherd_Boy_Pointing_at_Tobias_and_the_Angel_-_61.30_-_Minneapolis_Institute_of_Arts.jpg), c. 1625-1630
- Pierre Adolphe Valette, [_Albert Square, Manchester_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Adolphe_Valette#/media/File:Albert_Square_Manchester_1910,_Valette.jpg), 1910

### Artworks that Show Space using Vertical Position on the Picture Plane
- John Sloan, _[South Beach Bathers](/content/how-artists-depict-space-art-lesson/index.html),_ 1907-08
- Andrew Wyeth, [_Christina’s World_](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78455), 1948
- Basawan and Chatar Muni, [_Akbar and the Elephant Hawai_](http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O9408/akbar-painting-basawan/), ca. 1590
- Tom Wesselmann, [_Still Life #12_](http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=27554), 1962
- Jacob Lawrence, [_The Library_](http://www.wikiart.org/en/jacob-lawrence/the-library-1960), 1960

### Artworks with Flat/Shallow Space
- Byzantine, [_Justinian and his Attendants_](https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/byzantine1/venice-ravenna/a/justinian-mosaic-san-vitale), Basilica di San Vitale, 547 C.E
- Giotto, _[Scrovegni Chapel Frescoes](http://www.artble.com/artists/giotto_di_bondone/paintings/scrovegni_chapel_frescoes),_ ca. 1305
- Henri Matisse, _[Red Room (Harmony in Red)](http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/01.+Paintings/28389/?lng=en)_, 1908
- Juan Gris, [_Violin and Playing Cards_](http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1996.403.14), 1913

### Artworks with Foreshortening
- Caravaggio, [_Conversion on the Way to Damascus_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus), 1601
- Andrea Mantegna, [_Lamentation Over the Dead Christ_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamentation_of_Christ_%28Mantegna%29), c. 1501
- James Montgomery Flagg, [_I want you for U.S. Army_](http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96507165/), c.1917

### Artworks with Linear Perspective
- Masaccio, _[Trinity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_%28Masaccio%29),_ 1427-28
- Raphael, [_School of Athens_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_School_of_Athens), 1510
- Meindert Hobbema, _[The Avenue at Middelharnis](http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/meindert-hobbema-the-avenue-at-middelharnis)_, 1689
- Gustave Caillebotte, [_The Floor Scrapers_](http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/painting/commentaire_id/the-floor-planers-7164.html?tx_commentaire_pi1[pidLi]=509&tx_commentaire_pi1[from]=841&cHash=4175382124), 1875

### Artworks with Multipoint (2+) Perspective
- Canaletto, [_Santa Maria Zobenigo_](http://www.wikiart.org/en/canaletto/santa-maria-zobenigo), c.1765
- Gustave Caillebotte, _[Paris: A Rainy Day](http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/20684),_ 1877
- George Tooker, [_The Subway_](http://collection.whitney.org/object/3052), 1950
- Jan Vredeman de Vries, [_Studies in Perspective_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0486473325/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0486473325&linkCode=as2&tag=cislowedo-20&linkId=TQYZSHOJHN3GJLZO), c. 1604

### Space in Art Examples: Atmospheric/Aerial Perspective
- Leonardo da Vinci, [_Mona Lisa_](http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/mona-lisa-portrait-lisa-gherardini-wife-francesco-del-giocondo), c. 1503-19
- Claude Lorrain, _[Landscape with Ruins, Pastoral Figures, and Trees](http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.55742.html)_, c. 1650
- Albert Bierstadt, _[Sunrise, Yosemite Valley](http://www.cartermuseum.org/Inspiring_Visions/Bierstadt/bierstadt_art.html),_ c. 1870
- Sanford R. Gifford, _[October in the Catskills](http://collections.lacma.org/node/239245)_, 1880

### Positive and Negative Space in Art
- Henry Moore, _[Recumbent Figure](http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/henry-moores-sculpture/introduction)_, 1938
- Eadweard Muybridge, [_Sallie Gardner at a Gallop_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sallie_Gardner_at_a_Gallop), 1878
- Alberto Giacometti, _[The Cage](http://artpedia.tumblr.com/post/25932417427/alberto-giacometti-the-cage-1930-31-wood),_ 1930-31
- Keith Haring, _[Pop Shop IV (Man with Hole)](https://guyhepner.com/artist/keith-haring-prints/pop-shop-iv-by-keith-haring/)_, 1989
- Andy Goldsworthy, [_Circles_](https://www.google.com/search?q=andy+goldsworthy+circles&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ef1dVazoFIScyQTamYGoAw&ved=0CB4QsAQ&biw=1525&bih=705&dpr=0.9), Varied
- Kenneth Snelson, [_Needle Tower_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_Tower), 1968
- Sesshū Tōyō, [_Haboku-Sansui_](http://www.wikiart.org/en/sesshu-toyo/haboku-sansui-1495), 1495
- Richard Serra, [_Sequence_](http://dailyserving.com/2011/09/recovering-site-and-mind-richard-serras-sequence-arrives-at-stanford/), 2006
- Auguste Rodin, [_The Cathedral_](http://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/collections/sculptures/cathedral), 1908