perspective

In art, any method whereby the illusion of depth is achieved on a flat surface. Various methods have existed in addition to the ‘scientific’ one-point system invented by Brunelleschi c.1420. Most are based on the fact that objects appear smaller in proportion to their distance from the beholder, and that receding parallel lines appear to meet on the horizon at what is called the vanishing point. The Greeks developed scientific perspective as a by-product of their interest in optics and geometry, but it was unknown to the Egyptians. Alberti, Uccello, Dürer, and Leonardo were pioneers of the theory of perspective, and many textbooks were written on the subject in the 17th–18th-c.

Perspective may mean:

Literally, in visual topics:

Perspective (visual), is the way in which objects appear to the eye Perspective (graphical), means to represent the effects of visual perspective in drawings

Metaphorically, in relation to cognitive topics:

Perspective (cognitive), one's "point of view", the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences Point of view (literature), the related experience of the narrator

Proper names:

Perspective (album), released by Jason Becker in 1996 Perspective (software), a Wiki software written in C# that runs in ASP.NET Perspective, an episode of Power Rangers: SPD

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