foreshortenv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)fɔːˈʃɔːtn/,

/fəˈʃɔːtn/, U.S.

/fɔrˈʃɔrtn/,

/fərˈʃɔrtn/

Etymology: < fore- prefix + shorten v.

1. transitive. Of the effect of visual perspective: To cause (an object) to be apparently shortened in the directions not lying in a plane perpendicular to the line of sight. Of a draughtsman: To delineate (an object) so as to represent this apparent shortening.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [verb (transitive)] > foreshorten

foreshorten1606

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > short [verb (intransitive)] > become short(er) > apparently

foreshorten1606

1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing 28 If I should paint..an horse with his brest and head looking full in my face, I must of necessity foreshorten him behinde.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 261 Much Art being used to make the Foot shew as foreshortned.

a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 263 'Tis a greater Mystery in the Art Of painting to foreshorten any Part, Than draw it out.

1784 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xii. 51 The best of the painters could not even foreshorten the foot.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 15 His legs fore-shortened to the size of salt-spoons.

1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) v. §9. 184 To fore-shorten its whole length into one joint.

figurative and in extended use.1768 Spence Parallel 22 After he had taken to this way of fore-shortening his reading, if I may be allowed so odd an expression.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxv. 105 Lives, that lie Fore-shorten'd in the tract of time. absolute.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 356 The master's mechanical skill, especially in foreshortening on the ceiling.

2. In literal sense: To shorten or curtail in advance.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 143 Youth forestalling and foreshortening age.

Derivatives

foreˈshortened adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened > apparently shortened

foreshortened1832

1654 A. Marvell First Anniv. Foreshortned time its useless course would stay.

1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic v. 123 The foreshortened figure of a dead body lying horizontally.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 147 It was by such means that Correggio painted his wonderful fore~shortened figures.

1874 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World (1878) i. vii. 88 Placed close together these mountains all look to us foreshortened.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foreshorten
释义	foreshortenv. Brit. /(ˌ)fɔːˈʃɔːtn/, /fəˈʃɔːtn/, U.S. /fɔrˈʃɔrtn/, /fərˈʃɔrtn/ Etymology: < fore- prefix + shorten v. 1. transitive. Of the effect of visual perspective: To cause (an object) to be apparently shortened in the directions not lying in a plane perpendicular to the line of sight. Of a draughtsman: To delineate (an object) so as to represent this apparent shortening. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [verb (transitive)] > foreshorten foreshorten1606 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > short [verb (intransitive)] > become short(er) > apparently foreshorten1606 1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing 28 If I should paint..an horse with his brest and head looking full in my face, I must of necessity foreshorten him behinde. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 261 Much Art being used to make the Foot shew as foreshortned. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) I. 263 'Tis a greater Mystery in the Art Of painting to foreshorten any Part, Than draw it out. 1784 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) xii. 51 The best of the painters could not even foreshorten the foot. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby iii. 15 His legs fore-shortened to the size of salt-spoons. 1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) v. §9. 184 To fore-shorten its whole length into one joint. figurative and in extended use.1768 Spence Parallel 22 After he had taken to this way of fore-shortening his reading, if I may be allowed so odd an expression.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxv. 105 Lives, that lie Fore-shorten'd in the tract of time. View more context for this quotationabsolute.1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 356 The master's mechanical skill, especially in foreshortening on the ceiling. 2. In literal sense: To shorten or curtail in advance.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 143 Youth forestalling and foreshortening age. Derivatives foreˈshortened adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [adjective] > shortened > apparently shortened foreshortened1832 1654 A. Marvell First Anniv. Foreshortned time its useless course would stay. 1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic v. 123 The foreshortened figure of a dead body lying horizontally. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 147 It was by such means that Correggio painted his wonderful fore~shortened figures. 1874 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World (1878) i. vii. 88 Placed close together these mountains all look to us foreshortened. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1606
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