twisted perspective

English

Twisted perspective in Egyptian art: the head and feet appear in profile, while the torso appears from the front.

Noun

twisted perspective (uncountable)

1. (art) A perspective that combines both profile view and front view.
   • 2004, Brener, Milton E., Vanishing points: Three dimensional perspective in art and history, page 16:

     One example of twisted perspective is the ‘law of frontality, which, with about a four-hundred-year period of minor exceptions, dominated Egyptian art for over twenty-five hundred years. It allows views only of the full surface, whether front, side or rear, of the part to be depicted. It does not allow views of partial surfaces as seen in life, nor of oblique angles showing sides foreshortened […]

Synonyms

• composite pose
• mixed perspective