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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, especially by reducing distinctive local colors and contrasts of light and dark to a uniform light bluish-gray color.
aerial perspective
noun
- a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone, and colour, esp blue Also calledatmospheric perspective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aerial perspective1
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Example Sentences
He looked at it for a minute contemptuously, then turned away: “Ah, I see that man did not know much about aerial perspective!”
Jan van Eyck also introduced improvements in linear and aerial perspective, and in painting upon glass.
To gain the full glory of the long aisles in their aerial perspective, the Abbey should be seen from the far end of the Nave.
They had332 not the least glimmering of what we call chiaroscuro or of aerial perspective.
Woodcutting, in Durer's days, had reached no delicacy capable of expressing subtle detail or aerial perspective.
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