遠えん近きん法ほう

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

perspective (art technique)

Refers to the artistic technique of representing three-dimensional depth on a flat surface, such as linear perspective or atmospheric perspective.

この絵えは遠えん近きん法ほうが上手じょうずに使つかわれている。
This painting makes good use of perspective.

ルネサンス期きに遠えん近きん法ほうが発はっ展てんした。

Perspective developed during the Renaissance.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に遠えん近きん法ほうを使つかうto use perspective in (a drawing/painting)
この絵えには遠えん近きん法ほうが使つかわれている。
Perspective is used in this painting.
遠えん近きん法ほうで〈物もの〉を描かくto draw something using perspective
遠えん近きん法ほうで建たて物ものを描かくのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to draw a building using perspective.
遠えん近きん法ほうを学まなぶto study/learn perspective
美び術じゅつ学がっ校こうで遠えん近きん法ほうを学まなんだ。
I studied perspective at art school.

Kanji

遠distant, far
近near, early, akin
法method, law, rule

Related words

透とう視し図ず法ほう
透視図法 is the precise technical term for linear/geometric perspective projection, while 遠近法 is the broader everyday word covering any technique for depicting depth, including atmospheric perspective.
パースペクティブ
パースペクティブ is a loanword used interchangeably with 遠近法 in art and design contexts, but it can also mean a figurative 'viewpoint' or 'outlook', a sense 遠近法 never has.
パース
遠近法 is the technical Japanese term for the artistic technique of perspective, while パース usually refers to the actual perspective drawing or rendering produced.

Built from

遠えん近きん+法ほう

Etymology

Compound of 遠近 (far and near) and 法 (method, law), literally 'method of far and near'. The term was coined in the Meiji period as a translation of Western 'perspective' in art.