Editing Forced perspective (section)

==In architecture==
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In [[architecture]], a structure can be made to seem larger, taller, farther away or otherwise by adjusting the [[scale (ratio)|scale]] of objects in relation to the spectator, increasing or decreasing perceived [[wikt:depth|depth]]. When forced perspective is supposed to make an object appear farther away, the following method can be used: by constantly decreasing the scale of objects from expectancy and convention toward the farthest point from the spectator, an illusion is created that the scale of said objects is decreasing due to their distant location. In contrast, the opposite technique was sometimes used in classical garden designs and other [[Folly|follies]] to shorten the perceived distances of points of interest along a path.

The [[Statue of Liberty]] is built with a slight forced perspective so that it appears more correctly proportioned when viewed from its base. When the statue was designed in the late 19th century (before easy air flight), there were few other angles from which to view the statue. This caused a difficulty for special effects technicians working on the movie ''[[Ghostbusters II]]'', who had to reduce the amount of forced perspective used when replicating the statue for the movie so that their model (which was photographed head-on) would not look top-heavy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Adam Eisenberg |title=Ghostbusters II: Ghostbusters Revisited |publisher=[[Cinefex]] |date=November 1989 }}</ref> This effect can also be seen in Michelangelo's statue of ''[[David (Michelangelo)|David]]''.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}