foreshortening
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