How does a landscape artist make an object in the foreground appear closer than an object in the background?

• by making the object in the foreground larger in comparison the background objects
• by making the object in the foreground less detailed in comparison to background objects
• by making the object in the foreground less colorful in comparison to background objects
• by making the object in the foreground smaller in comparison to background objects

The correct answer is: by making the object in the foreground larger in comparison to the background objects. This is known as the principle of relative size. By creating a size difference between the foreground and background objects, the artist can create a sense of depth and distance.