Wednesday, 19 September 2012

Revision: aerial/atmospheric perspective

Grade 8's
revise the definitions of perspective as well as the principles of aerial perspective.



File:Frans Koppelaar - Landscape near Bologna.jpg

Title: Landscape near Bologna
Painter: Frans Koppelaar
Year: 2001


File:Mount Feathertop, Australia - May 2005.jpg


Aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective refers to the effect the atmosphere has on the appearance of an object as it is viewed from a distance. 

As the distance between an object and a viewer increases, the contrast between the object and its background decreases.

The background become less detailed and the colours are duller (less saturated, ie. greyer or bluer or redder in a sunset...)

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