1) Reduction in length
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/foreshortening
• (n.) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/foreshortening/
method of rendering a specific object or figure in a picture in depth. The artist records, in varying degrees, the distortion that is seen by the ... [1 related articles]
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/f/46
In painting and drawing, the application of perspective to a single object or figure to create the illusion of projection or depth. It mimics the shortened appearance of a form when it is not...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
(for-shor´tәn-ing) a distortion that gives the appearance of decreased depth in an image that is being studied radiographically.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
The diminishing of certain dimensions of an object or figure in order to depict it in a correct spatial relationship. In realistic depiction, foreshortening is necessary because although lines and planes that are perpendicular to the observer's line of vision (central visual ray), and the extremities of which are equidistant from the eye, will be s...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21109
The technique of representing a three dimensional image in two dimensions using the laws of perspective.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21274
The representation of forms on a two-dimensional surface by presenting the length in such a way that the long axis appears to project toward or recede away from the viewer.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21532
The technique of representing a three dimensional image in two dimensions using the laws of perspect
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22428
Fore·short'en·ing noun (Fine Arts) Representation in a foreshortened mode or way.
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/F/61
A method of drawing so as to produce the illusion of the extension of an object or figure into space. Also the technique of depicting an object lying at an angle of the picture – plane by means of perspective devices (e.g. making it narrower and paler as it recedes). The eye of the spectator then automatically reconstructs the object in its corre...
Found on
http://www.latinart.com/glossary.cfm?sort=F
In drawing and painting, foreshortening is the art of representing figures in such a manner as to convey to the mind the impression of the entire length of any object which is pointing more or less directly towards the spectator standing in front of the picture. The projecting object is shortened in proportion to its approach to the perpendicular t...
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AF.HTM
The technique of representing a three dimensional image in two dimensions using the laws of perspective
Found on
http://www.watercolorpainting.com/glossary.htm
a way of drawing figures or objects according to the rules of perspective so they appear to recede or protrude into three-dimensional space.
Found on
https://education.ket.org/resources/visual-arts-glossary/
Term used to describe the treatment of an object or human body in a picture seen in perspective from close to the viewpoint and at right angles to the picture surface. For example a body viewed from either the feet or the top of the head.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20873
Application of perspective to plastic bodies, occupying space in depth. -- L.V.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21203
In painting and drawing, the application of perspective to a single object or figure to create the illusion of projection or depth. It mimics the shortened appearance of a form when it is not perpendicular to the line of sight, for instance an arm held out to the viewer will look shorter, and the hand larger, than an arm held straight down by the s...
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221
No exact match found.
