| 释义 |
foreˈshortening, vbl. n.
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. foreshorten.
1606Peacham Art Drawing 27 Of fore-shortning. 1686W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. Explan. Terms, Shortning is, when a Figure seems of greater quantity than really it is..Some call it Fore-Shortning. 1784Blagden in Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 205 The fore-shortening..of the tail. 1859Gullick & Timbs Paint. 39 Correct foreshortening is one of the greatest difficulties in art. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 494 Prophecy, in its long perspective, uses a continual foreshortening. |