How is the way contrast function in art similar to the way it functions in real life?

Both in real life and in art, the relationship between light and dark creates a contrast in the images.

Explanation:

Contrast, both in art and in real life, is an opposition, differences in tones or light in a painting or photograph, highlighting a figure in relation to another figure or to the background. It is usually represented by the chiaroscuro and the effects of light and shadow.

Van Gogh in the work "The scholar" gives us a good example of the contrast obtained with warm and cold colors.

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