Which term describes depth created by converging lines toward a single vanishing point on the horizon?

• A. Two-point perspective
• B. One-point perspective
• C. Atmospheric perspective
• D. Sfumato

Answer: (B)

One-point perspective describes depth created by lines converging toward a single vanishing point on the horizon. In this setup, the lines that run back into space appear to meet at one point on the picture plane, which is the vanishing point, creating a strong depth cue along just one depth axis. Objects get smaller as they recede toward that point, and the horizon line represents the viewer’s eye level. This differs from two-point perspective, which uses two vanishing points for a corner view, while atmospheric perspective relies on color, value, and clarity changes to suggest distance, and sfumato is a soft shading technique used to blur edges rather than create a single vanishing point.