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Perspective Drawings
"Perspective" properly refers to any of various graphic techniqu for
es
depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat su rface, such as size
perspective and atmospheric perspective. The term "perspective," however,
most often brings to mind the drawing systemof linear perspective. Linear
perspective is at echnique for describing three-dimensional volumes and
spatial relationships on at wo-dimensional surface by means of lines that
converge as they recede into the depth of a drawing. While m view and
ulti
para line drawings present views of an objective reality, linear perspective
offers scenes of an optical reality. It depicts how a construction or
environment might appear to t he eye of an observer looking inaspecific
direction from a particular vantage point in space.