atmospheric perspective
Britishnoun
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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
It was he who discovered the principles which govern the fading of colors and forms in the distance, and who formulated the laws of 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
To this linear perspective is added moreover an atmospheric perspective.
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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