遠近法(えんきんほう)

えんきんほう
noun
perspective (in art); linear perspective
1. perspective (in art); linear perspective
An artistic technique for creating the illusion of depth and distance on a flat surface.
遠近法(えんきんほう)を使(つか)って描(えが)く。
I draw using perspective.
この絵(え)は遠近法(えんきんほう)が正(ただ)しくない。
The perspective in this painting is not correct.
ルネサンス期(き)に遠近法(えんきんほう)の技法(ぎほう)が大(おお)きく発展(はってん)した。
Perspective techniques developed greatly during the Renaissance.

A technique in art for representing three-dimensional space on a flat surface, creating the illusion of depth. The word combines 遠近(えんきん) (far and near; distance) and 法(ほう) (method/technique).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 遠近法(えんきんほう)を使(つか)う: to use perspective
  • 遠近法(えんきんほう)の技法(ぎほう): perspective technique
  • 一点(いってん)透視(とうし)遠近法(えんきんほう): one-point perspective
  • 空気(くうき)遠近法(えんきんほう): atmospheric perspective

RELATED TERMS:

  • 消失点(しょうしつてん): vanishing point
  • 構図(こうず): composition (in art)
  • 奥行(おくゆ)き: depth; sense of distance
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