Li-Ting is painting a picture of a vase of flowers placed in front of a book case.She paints the vase and then,right next to it,half of a book.When Bijal looks at the painting,she sees the book as being ________ the vase because of ________.
A) adjacent to;occlusion
B) adjacent to;linear perspective
C) behind;linear perspective
D) behind;occlusion

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Occlusion is a visual cue that occurs when one object partially covers another, indicating that the covered object is behind the one in front. Since the book is painted as being partially covered by the vase, it appears to be behind the vase due to occlusion.

Li-Ting Is Painting a Picture of a Vase of Flowers