Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. What is texture? Identify this painting and explain how the artist has used texture to create this piece.
The visual or tactile characteristics of a surface (ex: smooth or rough), adding dimension to art. This painting is Nude Descending a Staircase No.2. The artist has used texture in a unique fashion, in that he has used line as a form of texture to created a two-dimensional piece. The subject in the painting appears to be moving quickly downwards in a diagonal pattern from top-right to bottom-left.
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