Noun
the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work
Source: WordNetIn my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active. Bridget Riley
We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the nequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth. Barnett Newman
Della Francesca fleshed it out, explicitly covering solids in any area of the picture plane. Source: Internet
Op art is a method of painting concerning the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing. Source: Internet
The Impressionists had used a double point of view, and both Les Nabis and the Symbolists (who also admired Cézanne) flattened the picture plane, reducing their subjects to simple geometric forms. Source: Internet
They represented all the surfaces of depicted objects in a single picture plane, as if the objects had all their faces visible at the same time. Source: Internet