perspective
noun
a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.
perspectival
-
a word derived from
perspective.
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, a perspectival theory that depends on observers creates its own problems.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023
Some also studied with Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, an artist and pedagogue known for his carefully observed, perfectly perspectival and impeccably patriotic pictures.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
They differ from the carefree geometries of much 1960s abstraction the same way the emotionally charged clumsiness of the Early Renaissance contrasted with the perspectival ebullience of the High.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
When the world organizes itself around one man’s desires and moods, there are likely to be perspectival differences in situations like these.
From Slate ● Feb. 20, 2020
If it had, Giotto would have completed the perspectival revolution, Brunelleschi’s images would have been unnecessary, and Alberti would have had nothing new to say.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
