If One Object Partially Obscures Another Object in a Painting

question 154

Multiple Choice

If one object partially obscures another object in a painting, the artist has used ________ as a cue to the relative distance of the objects from the viewer.

• A) interposition
• B) relative size
• C) linear perspective
• D) convergence

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