The painting depicted, entitled The Dead Christ by Mantegna, is an example of _________ , the application of linear perspective to human and other forms to help achieve a dramatic illusion of three-dimensional space.

A. foreshortening
B. contrapposto
C. genre painting
D. intaglio

A. foreshortening

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________ is closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz's assertion that for photography to be an art, it should be true to its own nature

A. Sand Springs, Nevada B. Fading Away C. The Steerage D. Migrant Mother E. Substratum 12 III

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Wide-screen formats were initially adapted to the standard television shape by a special editing process called

A. letterboxing. B. A and B roll editing. C. panning and scanning. D. nonlinear editing.

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