One Point Perspective Vocabulary Quiz

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All Grades Vocabulary Study

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Quarter Vocabulary Test- Perspective and Art History REVIEW

DEFINITIONS: (Define each term completely)

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Perspective- Art of representing a 3D object on a flat surface in order to give depth and distance

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Landscape- A picture showing natural scenery or land; paper turned length-wise.

3.

Angle(s)- A figure formed by two planes diverging from a common straight line

4.

Right Angle- Angle of 90 degrees formed by two lines perpendicular to each other

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One Point Perspective- The effect of viewing objects in proportion from a distance whereby the appearance of these objects uses one vanishing points.

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Two-Point Perspective- The effect of viewing objects in proportion from a distance whereby the appearance of these objects uses two vanishing points.

7.

Parallel Lines- Lines that extend in the same direction and always the same distance apart at every point, so as to never meet, as lines or planes.

8.

Infinity- Quality or quantity of unbounded magnitude, space or time.

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Perpendicular- At right angles to the plane of the horizon, upright, vertical

10.

Vertical Line- Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; opposed to a horizontal line.

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Horizontal Line- Parallel to the horizon, level, opposed to vertical

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Horizon- Line of apparent meeting of the sky and the land or sea

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Vanishing Point- the point, at which receding parallel lines appear to converge when represented in perspective, disappears or ceases to exist.

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