foreshorten
verb
Pronunciation: fɔːrˈʃɔːrtn
Definition
Represent an object or view as closer than it is or as having less depth or distance, as an effect of perspective or the angle of vision.
Examples
The painter used the technique to foreshorten the arm of the subject, making it seem to reach out from the canvas.
Because the camera was positioned directly above the athlete, the lens tended to foreshorten his legs in the final photograph.
Renaissance artists mastered the ability to foreshorten figures to give their religious scenes a more realistic, three-dimensional quality.
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