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


Answer: a

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