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foreshortening
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The modification of perspective to decrease distortion resulting from the apparent visual contraction of an object or figure as it extends backward from the picture plane at an angle approaching the perpendicular.
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mass
Definition
 Any solid that occupies a three-dimensional volume
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shape
Definition
two-dimensional, area that boundaries of which are measured in terms of height and width; more broadly, the form of any object or figure.
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negative shape / negative space 

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Empty space, surrounded and shaped so that is acquires a

 

sense of form or volume.

 

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figure-ground reversal 

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a two dimensional work in which the relationship between a form or figure and its background is reversed so that what was figure becomes background and what was background becomes figure

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one-point linear perspective 

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Scale

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—  the comparative size of an object in relation to other objects and settings.

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three-dimensional space 

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—  Any space that possesses height, width, and depth

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two-dimensional space 

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Any space that is flat, possessing height and width, but no depth, such as a piece of drawing paper or a canvas.

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two-point linear perspective 

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A version of linear perspective in which there are two (or more) vanishing points in the composition.

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vanishing point  

Definition

—  In linear perspective, the point on the horizon line where parallel

lines appear to converge.

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vantage point 

Definition

In linear perspective, the point where the viewer is positioned

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