The perception of depth or distance caused by atmospheric haze and its effect on tonal change in an image.

Leonardo da Vinci, among others, observed that as a landscape recedes from the viewer its colours and tones alter due to the nature of the atmosphere. The pictorial equivalent of this phenomenon is ca [..]

Reduced contrast of distant objects caused by airlight. In artistic practice, aerial perspective is the painting of this reduced contrast to suggest an object's distance.

a single optical sign of sense of depth composed of the general transparency of items within varying atmospheric circumstances. Closer items are typically sharper in detail, while items further away a [..]

An aerial perspective occurs in vision and is when objects at a distance are blurred, less detailed, and lighter in color than when they are nearby. Aerial perspective is a monocular cue which is used [..]

A way of suggesting the far distance in a landscape by using paler colours (sometimes tinged with blue), less pronounced tones, and vaguer forms.

A landscape depiction term, it references spatial illusion. One technique of achieving Aerial Perspective is to depict atmospheric effects so that the earth seems to recede from the viewer with increa [..]

Capturing the earth’s atmosphere by using painting techniques that make distant objects appear to have less color, texture, and distinction.

Painting technique used to reproduce real life vistas - makes distant objects appear to have less colour, texture, and distinction.

Refers to the effect on the appearance of an ordinary object being viewed through the atmosphere. As the distance between the main object and the background increases, the contrast between the two dec [..]