单词 | foreshortening |
释义 | foreshorteningn. The action of foreshorten v. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] > effects of foreshortening1606 resupination1624 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > apparent shortening foreshortening1606 under-shortening1814 1606 H. Peacham Art of Drawing 27 Of fore-shortning. 1686 W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. (new ed.) Explan. Terms Shortning is, when a Figure seems of greater quantity than really it is..Some call it Fore-Shortning. 1784 Blagden in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 205 The fore-shortening..of the tail. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 39 Correct foreshortening is one of the greatest difficulties in art. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 494 Prophecy, in its long perspective, uses a continual foreshortening. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1606 |
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