Linear perspective in painting means
A. a way to create a sense of three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface.
B. how to put more than four objects in a painting.
C. what the artist does when he uses lines to define an object on the canvas.
D. those lines will always run horizontally in a painting.
A
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a. heroic deeds. b. the pleasures of rural life. c. the social happenings of an aristocratic court. d. illicit romance.
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