foreshortening
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
foreshortening (countable and uncountable, plural foreshortenings)
- (art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
- A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
Translations[edit]
art technique
Verb[edit]
foreshortening
- present participle and gerund of foreshorten
Further reading[edit]
- foreshortening on Wikipedia.Wikipedia