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Perspective > Foreshortening

Preferred term

Foreshortening  

Definition

  • In pictorial representation, the diminishing of certain dimensions of an object or figure in order to indicate its recession into the pictorial space [AAT]

Broader concept

Notation

  • 114942

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-GS8LJZKX-5

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