Perspective

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Size is

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Objects appear smaller as they move further away

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Overlap

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Opaque objects cover up those that they are in front of, obscuring our vision

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Detail is

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Items closer to the viewer’s eye appear to have more detail, as things move further away, the details become blurred

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Placement

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Objects appear smaller as their base approaches the horizon line

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Value

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adding shifts in value – as well as eliminating contour lines – creates more 3D looking forms

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Linear Perspective

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The use of set vanishing point(s) set against a horizon line to depict linear aspects of depth with parallel and perpendicular forms.

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Vanishing Point

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the point at which something that has been growing smaller or increasingly faint disappears altogether

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Convergence Lines

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Two or more lines that get closer and closer

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Horizon Line

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is a horizontal line that runs across the paper or canvas to represent the viewer's eye level, or separates where the sky meets the ground.

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Zenith is

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Above view 3 point perspective