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... ground version that produces the simpler total pattern will prevail . For ex- ample , the more simply the interstices between figures in a picture are shaped , the more likely they are to be seen as positive patterns rather than as ...
... ground version that produces the simpler total pattern will prevail . For ex- ample , the more simply the interstices between figures in a picture are shaped , the more likely they are to be seen as positive patterns rather than as ...
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... ground . Aubrey Beardsley's drawing Madame Réjane ( Figure 178 ) may be used as an exercise to determine the factors that tend to make the figure - ground Figure 178 relations ambiguous almost everywhere in the picture . In contrast ...
... ground . Aubrey Beardsley's drawing Madame Réjane ( Figure 178 ) may be used as an exercise to determine the factors that tend to make the figure - ground Figure 178 relations ambiguous almost everywhere in the picture . In contrast ...
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... ground is borderless because the contour belongs to the figure . A flat pattern solves the problem by having the ground continue underneath without interruption . This solu- tion is not feasible , however , when the figure is a deep ...
... ground is borderless because the contour belongs to the figure . A flat pattern solves the problem by having the ground continue underneath without interruption . This solu- tion is not feasible , however , when the figure is a deep ...
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