Perspective

May function as: Reference, Position/Association, Location, Understanding, View, Arrangement/Organization, Quality, Effect, Principle, Comparison, Tone, Design, Approach, Function, Meaning, etc. May be applied to Context, Project Development, Observation, Circumstance, Series, Repetition, Influence, Recapitulation, Imitation, Survey, Focus, Shift, Exposure, etc. Perspective may Influence a fit, a clarity, an appropriateness, color, a proportion, and many aspects of visual/conceptual and affective relationships through materials, process, elements, principles, theory, approach, etc. Emotional, Topical, Conceptual, Traditional Theoretical, Aesthetic, Technical/Functional, Historic, Scientific, Social, Personal emphasis and/or purpose--establishing Relationship, Thought, Appreciation, Consideration, Principles, Laws, Conventions, Techniques, etc. Breadth, Commonality, Synthesis, Simplicity, Clarity, Essence. . . .etc.

The technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye ; specif: representation in a drawing or painting of parallel lines as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance

Developments may proceed specific to materials and interest, a discipline, disciplines, categories of visual arts experience - may be related to Historic, Cultural, Practical, Conceptual, Theoretical, Social or Topical orientations in personal or professional experience, and may be discerned generally or specific to a determined focus.

C  O  N  S  I  D  E  R  A  T  I  O  N  S

Appearance in respect to relative positions

Interrelationships

Establishing Points of reference

The ability to see all the relevant data in a meaningful relationship

View or prospect through relevant data, facts, ideas

Representing

Depicting

Picturing

Vista

Scene

View

Prospect

R  E  F  E  R  E  N  C  E  S 

2 Perspective n [MF, prob. modif. of OIt prospettiva, fr. prospetto view, prospect, fr. L prospectus -more at Prospect] [1563] 1a: the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye ; specif: representation in a drawing or painting of parallel lines as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance b: a picture in perspective 2a: the interrelation in which a subject or its parts are mentally viewed [places the issues in proper __]; also: Point of View b: the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance [urge you to maintain your __ and to view your own task in a larger framework -W. J. Cohen] 3a: a visible scene: esp: one giving a distinctive impression of distance: Vista b: a mental view or prospect [to gain a broader __ on the international scene -Current Biog.] 4: the appearance to the eye of objects in respect to their relative distance and positions

3 Perspective adj [ME, optical, fr. ML perspectivus] [1570] 1obs: aiding the vision [his eyes should be like unto the wrong end of a __ glass -Alexander Pope] 2: of, relating to, employing, or seen in perspective [__ drawing]

[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]