noun
perspective
The representation of depth and distance on a flat surface.
The artist uses perspective to make the road appear to recede.
Etymology
The Latin verb means to look through or examine. The artistic technique organizes a flat image so the viewer sees an apparent depth extending through it.
More examples
- We practice drawing boxes in perspective.
- The perspective looks wrong because the distant windows are too large.
- Careful use of perspective gives this mural a sense of depth.
Forms
perspective
Similar words
- foreshortening
- Specifically shortens depicted objects to suggest their extension into depth.
- depth
- Names the apparent dimension rather than the method of representation.