Art Unit 3 Perspective

the distant point at which sky and ground appear to meet

• horizon line

• aerial point

• bird's eye view

• receding line

a linear perspective system with a single vanishing point on the horizon

• 2 point perspective

• depth

• bird's eye view

• one point perspective

Line that moves back or away from the foreground

• 2 point perspective

• depth

• receding line

• one point perspective

a point where lines between near and far objects appear to meet producing an illusion of depth.

• bird's eye view

• vanishing point

• 2 point perspective

• depth

The distance from front to back or near to far.

• depth

• receding line

• vanishing point

• vanishing lines

perspective in which all lines appear to meet at one or two points on the horizon.

• two point perspective

• one point perspective

• bird's eye view

• aerial view perspective

seeing from a point of view at a great height, also called bird's eye view.

• two point perspective

• one point perspective

• bird's eye view

• aerial view perspective

technique used in blue prints, floor plans, and maps in which the perspective is elevated or from above.

• two point perspective

• one point perspective

• bird's eye view

• aerial view perspective