In a painting, train tracks may look as if they go off into the distance because the artist draws the tracks as converging lines a pictorial cue to depth known as:
Correct answer: D. linear perspective
- A. Interposition
- B. texture gradient
- C. convergence
- D. linear perspective
Explanation
Linear perspective is the pictorial depth cue in which parallel lines appear to converge toward a distant vanishing point. Interposition involves one object blocking another, while texture gradient concerns changes in surface detail with distance.
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