Dieric Bouts Route: Canal Leuven-Dijle

Many a medieval painter struggled with how to render the complex day-to-day world so truthfully on the flat canvas of a painting. Besides a complex interplay of light and shadow, perspective is also one of the essential building blocks of a successful realistic painting.

Look around. How would you aptly paint this complex interplay of the lines of the canal, towpaths, and horizon? Dieric Bouts knew how. His greatness is fully evident in his mastery of that perspective. Wondering where he learned how?