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picture plane

noun

  1. the plane of a painting, drawing, or the like, that is in the extreme foreground of a picture, is coextensive with but not the same as the material surface of the work, is the point of visual contact between the viewer and the picture, and is conceived as a major structural element in the production of abstract or illusionistic forms.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of picture plane1

First recorded in 1790–1800

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