Picture Plane (Noun)
Meaning
The plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work.
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The artist cleverly used a tree branch to lead the viewer's eye into the picture plane of the landscape painting.
- The perspective lines converged on the vanishing point in the picture plane, creating a sense of depth.
- To achieve a sense of trompe l'oeil, the painter created an elaborate frame that blurred the line between the picture plane and reality.
- In traditional representational art, the picture plane serves as a window through which the viewer experiences the world of the artwork.
- By violating the boundaries of the picture plane, the Cubists fragmented objects and expanded the spatial vocabulary of art.