Perspective Drawing

Perspective drawing is a representational technique that creates the optical illusion of three-dimensional spatial relationships on a two-dimensional picture plane through the systematic linear convergence of receding forms toward vanishing points relative to a fixed observer viewpoint.

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13.1K

Citations

283

Authors

136

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2017–2026

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Aerial PerspectiveArchitectural PerspectiveAtmospheric PerspectiveCurvilinear PerspectiveExterior PerspectiveFigure In PerspectiveHorizon LineInterior PerspectiveLinear PerspectiveMeasuring Points

Publications

145

Mental Rotation of Three-Dimensional Objects

Roger N. Shepard, Jacqueline Metzler · Science · 1971 · 6.2K citations

Medicine, Psychology, Perspective Drawing +16

On Isolated Rational Singularities of Surfaces

Michael Artin · American Journal of Mathematics · 1966 · 717 citations

Natural Sciences, Classics, Descriptive Geometry +9

Making meaning: children’s perspectives expressed through drawings

Jóhanna Einarsdóttir, Sue Dockett, Bob Perry · Early Child Development and Care · 2009 · 467 citations · Full text

Arts, Early Childhood Education, Drawing +6

Promin: A Method for Oblique Factor Rotation

Urbano Lorenzo‐Seva · Multivariate Behavioral Research · 1999 · 298 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Human Factors Psychology +7

Drawing out emotions: the use of participant-produced drawings in qualitative inquiry

Kerri S. Kearney, Adrienne E. Hyle · Qualitative Research · 2004 · 279 citations · Full text

Arts, Educational Psychology, Diagramming +5

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Authors

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Karan Singh
University of Toronto, Canada
4 publications · 257 citations
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Igor Juricevic
University of Toronto, Canada
2 publications · 80 citations
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Morton A. Heller
Winston-Salem State University, United States
2 publications · 118 citations
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Hiraku Nakajima
Kyoto University, Japan
2 publications · 30 citations
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Michael Kubovy
University of Virginia, United States
2 publications · 392 citations
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136

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Perception
7 publications · 276 citations
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Leonardo
3 publications · 446 citations
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Pacific Journal of Mathematics
3 publications · 57 citations
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Mathematics Magazine
2 publications · 29 citations
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ACM Transactions on Graphics
TOG · 2 publications · 208 citations
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See also Perspective Drawing
Core Methods	Linear Perspective One-point Perspective Two-point Perspective Three-point Perspective Shadow Construction Curvilinear Perspective
Variants	One-point Perspective Two-point Perspective Three-point Perspective Linear Perspective
Geometric Principles	Linear Perspective Vanishing Points Horizon Line One-point Perspective Two-point Perspective Three-point Perspective Convergence Equirectangular Projection Spherical Perspective Curvilinear Perspective Descriptive Geometry Perspective Projection Anamorphic Illusion
Applications	Engineering Architecture Interior Design Industrial Design Fine Arts 3D Reconstruction
Historical Development	Linear Perspective Descriptive Geometry