| a mathematical system for representing three-dimensional objects and space on a two-dimensional surface by means of intersecting lines that are drawn vertically and horizontally and that radiate from one point (one-point perspective), two points (two-point perspective), or several points on a horizon line as perceived by a viewer imagined in an arbitrarily fixed position. |
| linear perspective n. A form of perspective in drawing and painting in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance. |