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The Arts
Figure Ground
Figure Ground Relationships deal with how perspective, focus and the centre of interest are used. Usually the figure is the subject matter and the ground refers to the background. In Background over Foreground the background space is emphasized and dominant, taking presence over the foreground. Blend provides both the background and foreground as enticing with neither being dominant.
Background over Foreground
The False Mirror
Magritte, 1928
The False Mirror
Magritte, 1928
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The False Mirror. Magritte, 1928
Blend
Les Demoiselles D'Avignon
Picasso, 1907
Les Demoiselles D'Avignon
Picasso, 1907
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Les Demoiselles D'Avignon.
Picasso, 1907
Starry Night
Van Gogh, 1889
Starry Night
Van Gogh, 1889
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Starry Night
VanGogh, 1889
Starry Night
VanGogh, 1889
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Starry Night.
Van Gogh, 1889
Guernica
Picasso, 1937
Guernica
Picasso, 1937
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Guernica
Picasso, 1937
Guernica
Picasso, 1937
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Guernica.
Picasso, 1937
Whistler-Nocturne_in_black_and_gold.jpg
Whistler-Nocturne_in_black_and_gold.jpg
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Nocturne in black and gold
(Falling Rocket) Whistler, 1875
Nocturne in black and gold
(Falling Rocket) Whistler, 1875
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Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket.
Whistler, 1875
monet lilies background over foreground.jpg
monet lilies background over foreground.jpg
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Waterlilies.
Monet, 1920
woman-i de kooning.jpg
woman-i de kooning.jpg
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Woman I.
DeKooning, 1950
duchamp_nude_staircase 1952.jpg
duchamp_nude_staircase 1952.jpg
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Nude Descending a Staircase.
Duchamp, 1912
Matisse_-_The Red Room.jpg
Matisse_-_The Red Room.jpg
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The Red Room. Matisse, 1909
monet+waterlilies.jpg
monet+waterlilies.jpg
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Waterlilies.
Monet, 1920
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Jane_Avril_by_Toulouse-Lautrec.jpeg
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Jane Avril.
Toulouse-Lautrec 1893
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