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atmospheric perspective: a standalone construct

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Art history

showing distance by making far objects paler, bluer and less distinct, as Leonardo described the effect of air.

In art history, atmospheric perspective refers to showing distance by making far objects paler, bluer and less distinct, as Leonardo described the effect of air. This meaning comes from Leonardo da Vinci (1651/1956) in Treatise on painting.[1]

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  1. Leonardo da Vinci. (1956). Treatise on painting (A. P. McMahon, Trans.). Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1651) Open Library record

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