Question

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.

Answer 1

To ensure that the background imagery appears to be in the distance, the artist would likely:

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

This technique involves using lighter values and softer colors in the background, while darker and more saturated colors are used in the foreground, helping to create the illusion of depth.