atmospheric perspective
Britishnoun
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Especially on clear days, or in those climates where the air is so rare that objects at great distances seem near, you will find that atmospheric perspective is simply another name for close values.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
They furnish a complete demonstration of the laws of atmospheric perspective, with its feeling of distance and infinite space, in which forms are immersed.
From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances
He was considered a master of chiaroscuro and atmospheric perspective.
From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances
It had endowed landscape painting with all the resources of atmospheric perspective and had established the two essential styles of the North and the South.
From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances
Wang Wei established the principles of atmospheric perspective in the eighth century.
From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances
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