Pictorial Space

Nicolas Poussin -Landscape with Saint Matthew and the Angel - http://hoocher.com/Nicolas_Poussin/Nicolas_Poussin.htm

Here Poussin, has used most of the image to show distance and depth, to the point the characters are not a real focus point in my opinion, I the background is more visually pleasing. The background is gets softer colours and more blue creating it to look like a far distance.