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linear perspective. n. A form of perspective in drawing and painting in which parallel lines are represented as converging so as to give the illusion of depth and distance.
Three-point perspective exists when the perspective is a view of a Cartesian scene where the picture plane is not parallel to any of the scene's three axes. Each of the three vanishing points corresponds with one of the three axes of the scene.