parallel perspective

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illusions of perceptual volume

  • limestone ostracon depicting a cat, a boy, and a mouse magistrate
    In perspective

    Another kind of system—parallel perspective combined with a viewpoint from above—is traditional in Chinese painting. When buildings rather than natural contours are painted and it is necessary to show the parallel horizontal lines of the construction, parallel lines are drawn parallel instead of converging, as in linear perspective.…

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