picture plane

noun

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.

Origin of picture plane

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby picture plane

picture mold, picture moulding, picture of dorian gray, the, picture palace, picture phone, picture plane, picture postcard, picture puzzle, picture sash, picture show, picture spread