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PERSPECTIVE & POINT OF VIEW
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PERSPECTIVE ‘A technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.’ ‘A mental view or prospect’ ‘The theory or art of suggesting three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, in order to recreate the appearance and spatial relationships that objects or a scene in recession present to the eye’ Perspective, in the context of vision and visual perception, is the way in which objects appear to the eye based on their spatial attributes; or their dimensions and the position of the eye relative to the object.
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PROPORTION ‘Proper relation between things or parts.’ ‘Symmetry, harmony, or balance’. ‘Comparative relation between things or magnitudes as to size, quantity, number, etc.;’ Proportion is a central principle of architectural theory. It is the visual effect of the relationships of the various objects and spaces that make up a structure to one another and to the whole.
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ANGLE ‘An angular projection; a projecting corner.’ ‘The space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point.’ ‘The amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another.’ An angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle.
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PROSPECT ‘Outlook or view over a region or in a particular direction.’ ‘A view, especially of scenery; scene.’ The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook. A relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.
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ASPECT ‘Appearance to the eye or mind; look.’ ‘A way in which a thing may be viewed or regarded; interpretation; view:’ The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view and a phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
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VIEWPOINT ‘A place affording a view of something; position of observation:’ ‘The position from which something is observed or considered.’ The mental attitude that determines a person’s opinions or judgments; point of view.
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APPROACH ‘To bring near to something.’ ‘To begin work on; set about.’ To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate
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OUTLOOK ‘The view or prospect from a particular place.’ ‘The place from which an observer looks out; lookout.’ ‘The act or state of looking out.’ To view from such a place.
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POINT OF VIEW ‘A specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint:.’ ‘A position from which someone or something is observed.’ Perspective in theory of cognition is the choice of a context or a reference from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
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DIRECTION ‘A position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith..’ ‘the line along which anything lies, faces, moves, etc., with reference to the point or region toward which it is directed.’ Direction is the information contained in the relative position of one point with respect to another point without the distance information.
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