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vanishing point

Noun

Meaning

The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.

The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.

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Giorgio Vasari in his book Lives of the Artists wrote that Uccello was obsessed by his interest in perspective and would stay up all night in his study trying to grasp the exact vanishing point. Source: Internet

Each set of parallel, straight edges of any object, whether a building or a table, follows lines that eventually converge at a vanishing point. Source: Internet

He was one of the first to use linear perspective in his painting, employing techniques such as vanishing point in art for the first time. Source: Internet

Penrose's drawing shows a fixed tape head labelled "TM" reading limp tape from boxes extending to the visual vanishing point. Source: Internet

When multiple structures are aligned with each other, such as buildings along a street, the horizontal tops and bottoms of the structures typically converge at a vanishing point. Source: Internet

The scenery seemed to wall us in, turning the vanishing point of the road into the end of a long hallway. Source: Internet

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