aerial perspective
–noun | a technique of rendering depth or distance in painting by modifying the tone or hue and distinctness of objects perceived as receding from the picture plane, esp. by reducing distinctive local colors and contrasts of light and dark to a uniform light bluish-gray color. |
Origin: 1725–35
| Main Entry: | atmospheric perspective |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | in art, the perception of depth in nature as enhanced by haze in the atmosphere; how the appearance of objects is altered over distance by the effects of the air between the viewer and the object; also, the portrayal of this; also called aerial perspective |
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