In James Allen's etching The Connectors, an image of workers erecting the Empire State Building, the artist created a feeling of great height by using ________ line to lead the viewer's eye diagonally downward.
A) directional
B) horizontal
C) communicative
Gateway to Art:
Goya, The Third of May, 1808: Using Line to Guide the Viewer's Eye
D) regular
E) implied

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Directional lines guide the viewer's eye and convey a sense of movement or direction. In this etching, Allen uses diagonal lines to create a sense of height, as if the viewer is looking down from a great distance.

In James Allen's Etching the Connectors, an Image of Workers