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aerial perspective |
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aerial perspective n (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a means of indicating relative distance in terms of a gradation of clarity, tone, and colour, esp blue Also called atmospheric perspective How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It was a mere falsification of the law of aerial perspective, but it startled, almost terrified me. I was quite patient; the grand open country all round me offered lessons of inestimable value in what we call aerial perspective. In fact, tacit expectations of what would be done for him by uncle Featherstone determined the angle at which most people viewed Fred Vincy in Middlemarch; and in his own consciousness, what uncle Featherstone would do for him in an emergency, or what he would do simply as an incorporated luck, formed always an immeasurable depth of aerial perspective. |
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