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Linear Perspective
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Limitations and Critiques
While linear perspective revolutionized Western art, it does not represent the only valid approach to spatial representation. Non-Western artistic traditions, particularly in East Asian art, developed alternative systems such as oblique perspective and isometric projection. These systems prioritize different spatial relationships and cultural values, yet Western artists largely ignored them until the 20th century, when Pablo Picasso and other modernists sought to c…