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Question

An entrance to a garden area has a stair case and plant life.

Landscape with a Staircase and a Balustrade
by Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open
Content Program

Question
How would the artist ensure that the background imagery appears to be in the distance?
(1 point)
Responses

Use no vanishing point.
Use no vanishing point.

Create a value change from the background to foreground.
Create a value change from the background to foreground.

Make the background imagery as large as the foreground imagery.
Make the background imagery as large as the foreground imagery.

Create minimal texture changes on the various surfaces.
Create minimal texture changes on the various surfaces.
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Answer 1

The correct response is:

Create a value change from the background to foreground.

This technique helps to establish depth, making the background appear farther away compared to the more detailed and darker foreground elements.