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Atmospheric perspective

Scope note

Use for the means of suggesting pictorial depth by depicting more distant things with less clarity of outline and detail and, where color is involved, by alteration of hue toward blue, and decrease of color saturation and value contrast. A-Z

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000133044

Broader Terms used

perspective

Created

13yrs ago

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