Landscape with a staircase and a Balustrade

Question

By Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Digital image courtesy of the Gettys open
Content Program
How would the artist ensure that the background imagery appears to be in the distance?
a Use no vanishing points
b Create a value change from the background to the foreground
c Make the background imagery as large as the foreground imagery
d Create minimal texture changes on the various surfaces

Answer 1

b Create a value change from the background to the foreground