Illusion of Space by Overlapping (36)

By overlapping in a composition, the artist can create the illusion of space in a composition.


In this painting by Van Gogh, we can tell that there is space between the front tables and the platform because it is placed in front of it, it overlaps the platform. By overlapping, we can also tell there is space between the light rail and the rest of the stuff behind it such as the doorways and walls.