On my desk is a piece of pottery that I use to hold pens. It partially blocks my view of my telephone. I can tell from this that the telephone is farther away from me than the pottery. The cue to depth that I am describing here is called
A) texture.
B) linear perspective.
C) shading.
D) interposition.
E) retinal disparity.

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Interposition, also known as occlusion, is a visual cue that occurs when one object partially covers or obscures the view of a second object, indicating that the first object is closer to the viewer. In this scenario, the piece of pottery obscures part of the telephone, suggesting that the pottery is closer to the observer than the telephone.

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