AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
\ˈe͡əɹɪəl pəspˈɛktɪv], \ˈeəɹɪəl pəspˈɛktɪv], \ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_l p_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
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The term used to express the fact that in vision we obtain an idea of depth or perspective from the haze covering distant objects, due to thickness of intervening atmosphere, e. g., mountains in the distance. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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[L.] The art of expressing the relative distance of objects in a picture by such faintness of colour as may answer to the amount of air or distance between them and the spectator.
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[L.] The geometrical art of representing on paper the appearance of a solid body as seen by a single eye in a given position. If lines supposed to be drawn from the eye to the boundaries of the body are cut by a plane, their points of intersection with the plane give the required representation, or its P. projection. The position of the eye is the point of sight, or projecting point ; the plane-which in most cases is supposed to be vertical-is the plane of projection or of the picture. Aerial P. refers to the gradations of colours according to distance. (For Isometrical P., vide Iso-.)
By Henry Percy Smith
