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Persian miniature paintings avoid linear perspective

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Drawing things smaller just because they are far away is apparently a massive insult to the subject. Traditional Persian miniature paintings flatly reject linear perspective, choosing instead to stack figures and architecture cleanly on top of each other so every single painstakingly detailed element gets exactly the same amount of visual respect.

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