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itsmyluck

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In the Rubin vase illustration, the black shape can be seen alternately as a foreground object resembling a vase or as a background space between two white profiled faces. What is this relationship called?
 
  a) figure-ground reversal
  b) atmospheric perspective
  c) scientific perspective
  d) linear perspective

Question 2

How is a viewer's experience of the Rubin vase similar to that of experiencing Eliasson's Suney?
 
  a) Perception changes in response to light.
  b) Forms are intentionally distorted.
  c) Space is organized from the same perspective.
  d) Abstraction is the dominant style of both.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: a



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