Atmospheric perspective is an illusion used to make a 2-dimensional art piece look 3-dimensional. Things in the back of the painting are grayer and less detailed than things at the front of the painting. This mimics how things that are closer to you are easier to see more clearly.
Linear perspective is created by making closer objects appear larger than farther objects, proportionate to the distance between lines that recede towards a vanishing point on the horizon. Atmospheric perspective shows objects that are closer to the foreground with more detail than objects that are farther away. Realistic artworks normally use both.
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Yes, although it is a painting, Leonardo used what is called atmospheric perspective where things farther away are smaller and have a blue hue, check out the background in the 'Mona Lisa'.
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In the simplest sense, it is the creation of an illusion of depth. To achieve the illusion of depth one can do many things, but to considering the atmosphere, of course, is considering the idea of 'atmospheric perspective' (especially in a 3D image), one may try to communicate the depth, the lighting, the objects, perspective, among many circumstances to create the illusion of atmospheric perspective For example: Creating the atmospheric perspective of fogginess, a painter may consider images closer to the viewer to be more defined and less engulfed by fog, whereas a figure further away may only seem a shadowy figure or silhouette.
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Giotto contributed to the Renaissance's use of atmospheric perspective as he showed he showed it first in his artworks. Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi (1422) would be the first one in the period but Masaccio's Tribute Money (1426) is the first one which showed the accurate use of atmospheric perspective.
Linear perspective is about the size and proportions of objects represented in a piece. Atmospheric perspective is about the clarity and detail of these objects. Most art that tries to replicate 3-dimensional scenes in 2-dimensions uses both.
Many paintings offer an illustration of both atmospheric and linear perspective, I would recommend Looking at Claude Lorrain's 1648 oil painting "Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba". Linear perspective can be seen by the straight lines which angle in towards the sun on the horizon. Atmospheric perspective can be seen by the way the closest building is detailed and the farther buildings have less detail.
Atmospheric
The term atmospheric perspective was coined by Leonardo da Vinci to describe the visual effect where objects appear to change in color and detail as they recede into the distance due to the presence of air particles.
Linear perspective is created by making closer objects appear larger than farther objects, proportionate to the distance between lines that recede towards a vanishing point on the horizon. Atmospheric perspective shows objects that are closer to the foreground with more detail than objects that are farther away. Realistic artworks normally use both.
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aerial atmospheric perspective
vanishing point
it's called atmospheric perspective