Practice question · Match the pairs
Match each perspective term to its definition.
- Vanishing point
- Horizon line
- Orthogonal
- Picture plane
- The window the cone of vision is sliced by
- Where all orthogonals converge
- A line receding from the viewer
- The level of the viewer’s eye
Hints
- The terms describe how depth is constructed geometrically.
- One names the point where parallel lines appear to converge.
Show the answer
- Vanishing point → Where all orthogonals converge
- Horizon line → The level of the viewer’s eye
- Orthogonal → A line receding from the viewer
- Picture plane → The window the cone of vision is sliced by
Why
Four terms and you can construct, or dismantle, any Renaissance painting’s space.
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