The other figures in the painting are depicted with slight foreshortening.
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Foreshortening
Synonyms for "foreshortening" (19 found)
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Related words (9)
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9 translations across 8 languages.
Danish
1 entries- forkortning noun (art technique)
Finnish
2 entries- lyhennys noun (art technique)
- perspektiivin lyhennys noun (art technique)
French
1 entries- raccourci noun (art technique)
German
1 entries- Verkürzung noun (art technique)
Italian
1 entries- scorcio noun (art technique)
Neapolitan
1 entries- scurcio noun (art technique)
Russian
1 entries- ра́курс noun (art technique)
Spanish
1 entries- escorzo noun (art technique)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
This work of Rubens was the first example of foreshortening done by a Flemish painter.
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