perspective (noun)
51picture plane — noun the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work (Freq. 5) • Hypernyms: ↑plane, ↑sheet • Part Holonyms: ↑perspective, ↑linear perspective …
52right field — noun 1. the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher s right • Syn: ↑rightfield, ↑right • Derivationally related forms: ↑right fielder • Hypernyms: ↑tract, ↑piece of land, ↑ …
53visual aspect — noun outward or visible aspect of a person or thing • Syn: ↑appearance • Derivationally related forms: ↑appear (for: ↑appearance) • Hypernyms: ↑quality …
54world view — noun a comprehensive view of the world and human life • Syn: ↑Weltanschauung • Hypernyms: ↑position, ↑view, ↑perspective • Hyponyms: ↑clockwork universe * * * nou …
55ground plane — noun : the horizontal plane of projection in perspective drawing * * * 1. (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line. 2. Elect. a ground plate… …
56station point — noun : the position of an observer that determines the perspective rendering of the objects or scene being represented in a drawing compare linear perspective …
57out-of-body experience — noun the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body • Hypernyms: ↑experience * * * noun, pl ⋯ ences [count] : an experience in which you have a… …
58trompe l'oeil — noun a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑painting, ↑picture * * * trōⁿˈplər, lə̄ noun (plural trompe l oeils “) Etymology: French …
59scenography — noun Etymology: Greek skēnographia painting of scenery, from skēnē + graphia graphy Date: 1645 the art of perspective representation especially as applied to the design and painting of stage scenery • scenographer noun • scenographic adjective …
60cubism — noun an early 20th century style of painting in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes and interlocking planes. Derivatives cubist noun & adjective …
