Perspective may refer to:

Vision and mathematics

Perspectivity In geometry and in its applications to drawing, a perspectivity is the formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point. Graphics The science of graphical perspective uses perspectivities to make realistic images in p ...

, the formation of an image in a picture plane of a scene viewed from a fixed point, and its modeling in geometry **

Perspective (graphical) Linear or point-projection perspective () is one of two types of graphical projection perspective in the graphic arts; the other is parallel projection. Linear perspective is an approximate representation, generally on a flat surface, of ...

, representing the effects of visual perspective in graphic arts **

Aerial perspective Aerial perspective, or atmospheric perspective, is the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as viewed from a distance. As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its backgro ...

, the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance **

Perspective distortion (photography) In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal lens, normal focal length, due to the re ...

, the way that viewing a picture from the wrong position gives a perceived distortion **

Perspective (geometry) Two figures in a plane are perspective from a point ''O'', called the center of perspectivity, if the lines joining corresponding points of the figures all meet at ''O''. Dually, the figures are said to be perspective from a line if the points ...

, a relation between geometric figures ** Vue d'optique or perspective view, a genre of etching popular during the second half of the 18th century and into the 19th.

Film and television

* ''Perspective'' (film series), a 2012–2020 Canadian film series by B. P. Paquette * ''Perspective'' (2019 film), an American adult romance drama * ''Perspectives'' (TV series), a 2011–2016 British arts documentary series

Music

Perspective Records Perspective Records is an American record label, launched in 1991 by the producing team Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, through a joint venture with A&M Records—which Jam & Lewis had had a prosperous working relationship with throughout the 1980s, wit ...

, an American record label

Albums

* ''Perspective'' (America album), 1984 * ''Perspective'' (Jason Becker album), 1996 * ''Perspective'' (Lawson album), 2016 * ''Perspective'' (P-Model album), 1982 * ''Perspective'' (Rick Nelson album), 1969 * ''Perspective'' (EP), by Tesseract, 2012 * ''Perspective'', by

Jlin Jerrilynn Patton (born July 30, 1987), known as Jlin, is an electronic musician. She began producing music in 2008 and received early attention for her 2011 track "Erotic Heat". Jlin's debut album, ''Dark Energy'', was released in 2015 to criti ...

, 2023 * ''Perspective'', by

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

, 2010 * ''Perspectives'', by House vs. Hurricane, 2010

Songs

* "Perspective", by YoungBoy Never Broke Again from ''

Richest Opp ''Richest Opp'' is the twentieth solo mixtape by American rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again, released on May 12, 2023, by Never Broke Again and Motown. The mixtape follows Gaulden's sixth full-length studio album, '' Don't Try This at Home'', rel ...

'', 2023 * "Perspectives", by Kutless from ''

Sea of Faces ''Sea of Faces'' is the second full-length album released by Christian rock group Kutless, released through BEC Records in 2004. The song "Treason" was once the No. 1 song on ChristianRock.net, and Sea of Faces in the Top 5. The album reache ...

'', 2004

Other uses

Point of view (literature) Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...

, the related experience of the narrator *

Point of view (philosophy) In philosophy, a point of view is a specific attitude or manner through which a person thinks about something. This figurative usage of the expression dates back to 1730. In this meaning, the usage is synonymous with one of the meanings of the ter ...

, in philosophy and psychology, the context for opinions, beliefs and experiences * ''Perspective'' (video game), a 2012 puzzle game * ''

Perspectives on Political Science ''Perspectives on Political Science'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering political philosophy. The journal was established in 1990 by merging ''Teaching Political Science'' (1973–1989) and ''Perspective'' (1972–1989). It ...

'', peer-reviewed academic journal *

The Perspective The Perspective is a library displaying two sides of current events, historic conflicts and classic debates. The site's main goal is to allow its readers direct access to news and information, unfiltered by their usual personalized browsing prefer ...