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plano

That which adds breadth to a line; a level surface. Plane surface may be contrasted with depth. In sculpture, planes define the surfaces of solid elements, in contrast to empty spaces between. In on painting, leon battista alberti considers painting first as a matter of determining the proper way of depicting objects’ planar surfaces as they appear to the painter’s eye.

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