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atmospheric perspective

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noun

  1. another term for aerial perspective

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Wang Wei seems to have treated monochrome mainly from the standpoint of chiaroscuro, in his search for an atmospheric perspective which should be both fluid and ethereal.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances

To this linear perspective is added moreover an atmospheric perspective.

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

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

Wang Wei established the principles of atmospheric perspective in the eighth century.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Seaver, Frances