Perspective in Art

Where is the vanishing point located in a one-point perspective drawing?

• Above the horizon line

• On the horizon line

• Below the horizon line

• Never on the horizon line

The level of your eyes (or where the sky and the earth seems to meet) is called the

• horizon line

• horizontal line

• viewpoint line

• viewing line

Trees and buildings should appear_____ as they go away from us.

• larger

• the same height

• smaller

In a two-point perspective drawing, how many vanishing points are there?

• one

• two

• three

• four

The diagonal guide lines you draw to the vanishing points are called the ____ lines.

• vertical

• orthogonal or converging

• invisible

• transversal

When the horizon line is placed near the bottom of your drawing, you have a ______ view.

• bird's eye

• worm's eye

• normal eye level

• aerial

What is the name of the dot where the lines are drawn to create perspective?

• the point

• the dot

• the vanishing point

• the invisible point

The technique of using straight lines to create a 3-D look in a composition

• Aerial perspective

• Abstraction

• Linear perspective

• Pointillism

What kind of perspective is this?

• one-point perspective

• two-point perspective

• three-point perspective

Linear Perspective was developed during the Renaissance.

• True

• False