Pictorial cues This Renaissance painting contains multiple examples of pictorial cues. One is interposition— nearer objects occlude ones farther away. The convergence of lines in the distance is another. To appreciate the effectiveness of a third cue—relative size—compare the actual size of the man on the steps in the foreground to the actual size of the woman in the blue dress.
EMPEROR AUGUSTUS AND THE SIBYL, 1535 BY PARIS BARDONE (1500–1571)
PUSHKIN MUSEUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA/BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY
PUSHKIN MUSEUM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA/BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY