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Vanishing Point Perspective

The point or points to which the extensions of parallel lines appear to converge in a perspective drawing.

See also

Desargues' Theorem, Perspective, Projective Geometry

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References

Dixon, R. "Perspective Drawings." Ch. 3 in Mathographics. New York: Dover, pp. 79-88, 1991.Graustein, W. C. Introduction to Higher Geometry. New York: Macmillan, pp. 19-20, 1930.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Vanishing Point." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/VanishingPoint.html

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  • Projective Geometry
  • General Projective Geometry
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