Drawing

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Vocabulary: Isometric Perspective

Isometric Perspective

Definition A visual perspective in which all dimensions parallel to the three spatial axes are shown in their true proportions.
Artist Anonymous Court Artist(s)
Title Yangcheng Emperor enjoying himself during 8th Lunar Month
Date 1723-35
Medium Color on Silk
Location The Palace Museum, Bejing Royal Academy of Arts
Source http://www.sophia.org/elements-of-art-space-turorial
Example
Comments Although there is a sense of distance since object further away are drawn smaller, the lines in each structure are drawn in parallel. There is no vanishing point.