Depth/Dimension/Space

This is a beautiful picture of architecture.  This picture is interesting to me because it is a good representation of the dimension of a room.  Although this is a 2D photo, there are several ways that dimension is used to give it a 3D quality.  First, you can find dimension by the sizes of the object in the photo.  For instance, The objects that are closer in the picture appear larger and the objects that are farther away apear smaller.  The bottom of the stairs look very large compaired to the steps at the top of the stairs.  This example lets you know that those steps that are smaller are farther away than the bottom steps.  Another way to find dimension is by the element texture.  For example, in the bottom of the picture you can see that the square tiles are separated by colors and grain.  However, in the back of the room the tiles almost blur into one color.  This also shows that the tile is closer.  Lastly, dimension is visible because of overlap.  If you look on the hand rail on the staircase, you notice how it raps around the stairs.  The stairs begin to hide behind the hand rail halfway up the staircase.  This shows that the handrail is in front of the the steps.  Therefore, adding dimension to the photo. 
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