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Foreshortening
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Foreshortening 

in art, the reduction of depicted forms as required by the laws of perspective. In murals, foreshortening often conveys movement and space most effectively.

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Rathe, K. Die Ausdrucksfunktion extrem verkürzter Figuren. Leipzig, 1938.
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