Figure-ground relationship

Look at Escher’s work: What two figures appear in the composition? Which shape do you think is the most prominent? Which is the background? Draw them.

Figure Background

Background and the figure

Two-dimensional representations are composed of a figure and a background. The figure is the shape with the most prominence. The background completes the composition.

There are some representations in which background and figure are confused. And depending on how it is observed, it becomes one form or another, the background or the figure.

A visual figure-ground game

Cut a sheet of paper in half, fold it in half and follow the steps.