Definition of Linear perspective
1. Noun. The appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer.
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Terms within: Vanishing Point, Apparent Horizon, Horizon, Sensible Horizon, Skyline, Visible Horizon, Picture Plane
Definition of Linear perspective
1. Noun. (arts) A form of geometric perspective in which parallel lines are represented as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance. ¹
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Literary usage of Linear perspective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"linear perspective. FR Honey, 11 : 761. Magazine of A. Periodical, : 418 ; 22 :
567. ... Theory and practice of linear perspective. V. Pellegrin, 4 : 756. ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1878)
"linear perspective. Ji,—Shades ami Shadows, $3,—Higher linear perspective,
$3.50.— Machine Construction and Dr., $7.50 "Wil. ..."
3. The Fine Arts by Gerard Baldwin Brown (1902)
"The first stages of the advance : linear perspective; The enlargement and
intensifying which the art of painting underwent in the sixteenth and seventeenth ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"XII dering of architectural subjects as dwelling- houses, mansions, public
libraries, churches, railway stations and theatres in linear perspective. ..."
5. Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack (1903)
"... The Limitations of an Art not Safely Transgressed— Aerial Perspective Impossible
in Relief—linear perspective only Possible in a Limited Way. ..."
6. Pictorial Composition in Photography by Arthur Hammond (1920)
"CHAPTER IV linear perspective — Focal Length of the Lens with Relation to the
Point of View — Aerial Perspective — The Effect of Atmosphere on the Tones of ..."
7. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"A Practical Treatise on the Law of Carriers of Hoods and Passengers : with an
Appendix of Statutes, Liin., 1856, Svo. Chitty, W. 1. linear perspective in ..."
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