The Print Edition of the Dictionary of Perspective is the published, large-format reference-book edition of the Dictionary—designed for sustained reading, study, citation, teaching, research and library use.
Published as Volume 2 of The Art and Science of Perspective, the Second Edition brings together 330,000+ words, 4,000+ terms, 1,200+ types and forms and 200+ concepts, classifications and distinctions concerned with visual, optical and technical perspective.
It is more than a conventional dictionary. The volume also functions as an encyclopaedic reference, taxonomy and theoretical map of perspective, bringing together terminology, methods, systems, phenomena, instruments, classifications and applications from across art, optics, geometry, photography, cinema, architecture, computer graphics, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and visual perception.
The Published Print Edition
Dictionary of Perspective — Second Edition
- 590 pages
- Large-format 8.5 × 11-inch paperback
- Printed on white paper
- US$34.99
- Published August 2026
The Print Edition is particularly suited to readers who want a permanent physical reference work that can be read sequentially, browsed by page, annotated, cited and retained in a personal, professional, school, college or university library.
The Print Edition page also provides access to the free sample and further information about the contents of the volume.
Print Edition and Digital Edition
The Print Edition and Digital Edition are two ways of accessing the Dictionary of Perspective, but they are designed for different kinds of use.
The Print Edition is the fixed, paginated published book. It is intended for reading, study, reference, citation and long-term ownership.
The Digital Edition provides searchable online access to the Dictionary through the Perspective Research Centre. Instead of working through a physical volume page by page, users can search and interrogate Dictionary entries directly through the online database interface.
The two editions are therefore complementary: the Print Edition provides the permanent published reference work, while the Digital Edition provides rapid searchable access to its terminology and interconnected content.
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What the Dictionary Covers
The Dictionary ranges across the wider field of perspective, including:
- natural, visual and optical perspective;
- mathematical and graphical perspective;
- instrument, simulated and New Media perspective;
- projection methods, image forms and spatial representations;
- depth, scale, size, shape, position, viewpoint and field of view;
- perspective phenomena and optical transformations;
- cameras, lenses, mirrors, projectors and imaging instruments;
- drawing, painting, architecture and design;
- photography, cinema and visual effects;
- animation, computer graphics, CGI and video games;
- virtual, augmented and mixed reality;
- artificial-intelligence imaging and computer vision;
- scientific imaging, engineering, cartography and visualisation;
- historical, uncommon, conflicting, contemporary and newly developed terminology.
Part of The Art and Science of Perspective
The Dictionary of Perspective is also Volume 2 of The Art and Science of Perspective, the Perspective Research Centre’s multi-volume study of visual and optical perspective across art, science and technology.
Its position within the series is important: the Dictionary can be used independently as a reference work, while also providing the terminology, classifications and conceptual framework supporting the wider series.
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