aerial perspective

noun

: the expression of space in painting by gradation of color and distinctness

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Friedrich has somehow reversed the laws of aerial perspective, which typically requires sharpness in the foreground and an increasing blur as the landscape recedes, to give the illusion of depth. — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024 The footage showed the flattened landscape of Hiroshima, more obliterated even than Berlin and Tokyo, first from the aerial perspective of a B-29 and then from the ground, where a few Japanese civilians walk dazed through the ruins. — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023

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First Known Use

1704, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of aerial perspective was in 1704

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“Aerial perspective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aerial%20perspective. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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