In Albrecht Dürer's woodcut The Draftsman Drawing a Reclining Nude, the draftsman is using a device to help him achieve the effect of ________.

A. foreshortening
B. chiaroscuro
C. simultaneous contrast
D. the illusion of motion


Answer: A

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