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Paul's torso recedes sharply and is, in effect, contracted in Caravaggio's Conversion of St. Paul, compressing the space between action and viewer through a technique known as ________.
 
  A. hierarchical scaling
  B. foreshortening
  C. parallel perspective
  D. optical representation
  E. oblique projection

Question 2

In the Fowling Scene from ancient Egypt, the heads, arms, and legs are seen in profile, yet the eyes and torsos are seen from the front, which is known as ________.
 
  A. multiple perspective
  B. optical representation
  C. isometric projection
  D. axonometric projection
  E. conceptual representation



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Answer to Question 1

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