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In linear perspective, as objects recede from the viewer, they diminish in size until they eventually vanish. This is known as a ________.
 
  A. convergence
  B. vantage point
  C. horizon line
  D. vanishing point
  E. perspective line

Question 2

In Church's painting The Heart of the Andes, the foreground contains great botanical detail but as the vista recedes, the plant life and hills become less textured, which is a technique known as ________.
 
  A. texture gradient
  B. relative size
  C. brightness gradient
  D. parallel perspective
  E. a vanishing point



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



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