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  2. Aerial perspective - Wikipedia

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    In art, especially painting, aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective [5] refers to the technique of creating an illusion of depth by depicting distant objects as paler, less detailed, and usually bluer than near objects. This technique was introduced in painting by Leonardo da Vinci to portray what was observed in nature and evident in ...

  3. Perspective (graphical) - Wikipedia

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    Artists may choose to "correct" perspective distortions, for example by drawing all spheres as perfect circles, or by drawing figures as if centered on the direction of view. In practice, unless the viewer observes the image from an extreme angle, like standing far to the side of a painting, the perspective normally looks more or less correct.

  4. Outline of drawing and drawings - Wikipedia

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    They are texture, form, line, color, value, and shape. Perspective – the principle of creating the illusion of 3-dimensionality on a 2-dimensional source such as paper. This is achieved by using one or more vanishing points (Line perspective), or making the atmosphere greyer, blurrier and smaller as it goes further back (Atmospheric perspective).

  5. Sesshū Tōyō - Wikipedia

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    This is heightened through atmospheric perspective where Sesshū ambiguously manipulates the line quality and texture for recession. [4] Overall, Four Landscape Scrolls of the Seasons demonstrates Chinese influences on Sesshū's work and his use of space and composition to represent the soul of nature in the landscapes.

  6. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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    Aerial perspective by Frans Koppelaar, Landscape near Bologna, 2001; distant objects are lighter, of lower contrast, and bluer than nearer objects. Airbrushing technique; Aerial perspective technique; Acrylic painting techniques; Aging (artwork) technique; Aquatint; Assemblage (art) technique; Animation (digital art)

  7. Luminism (American art style) - Wikipedia

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    Fitz Henry Lane, Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863, National Gallery of Art. Luminism is a style of American landscape painting of the 1850s to 1870s, characterized by effects of light in a landscape, through the use of aerial perspective and the concealing of visible brushstrokes. Luminist landscapes emphasize tranquility ...

  8. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    The viewpoint of visual art is fundamental because every different perspective views different angled lines. This change of perspective elicits a different response to the image. Changing the air only by some degrees or some centimeters lines in embodiments can vary tremendously, and a distinct feeling can be transported.

  9. The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    The only real vertical elements in the painting are the figures, which occupy most of the foreground. Many clusters of people surround a single large central figure mounted on a crucifix. The most impressive formal attribute of this painting (besides its considerable size) is its central compositional element.