The first painting was a realistic painting by Il Perugino, also known as Pietro di Cristoforo Vannucci and was titled “Saint Augustine with Members of Confraternity of Perugia”. What this painting does extremely effectively is it breaks the rules of perspective in order to focus on Saint Augustine. The painting is well balanced with two of the Confraternity members in white robes and hoods on both sides of Saint Augustine, and the angle that they are positioned at created the perspective lines. What sets Saint Augustine apart is the fact that his head does not line up with the horizon line and in fact the perspective point seems to be right in the middle of his chest. This creates a sense that St. Augustine is larger than life, slightly out of the normal rules. If looked at closely, Saint Augustine would be a giant given how the one point perspective is set up.

          Another thing to consider about this painting is the lighting. The sun seems to cast a shadow on the right side (As seen by the viewer) of St. Augustine’s face. This places the right side of Saint Augustine and his surroundings into shadow. When you look at how the perspective is set up, you begin to realize that this is not a fully head on painting. It is painted as if it was a picture taken with a camera slightly to the right of center pointing to the left. This, combined with the lighting creates an ever so slightly darker environment on the right side of the painting. This is interesting because balanced around St. Augustine is both a mountain on the right side in slight shadow contrasted with a lighted castle on the left.