Negative space enclosed by letterforms is called counters.
Negative space is white space that letters such as O or D have (enclosed white space within the letter). Well, in typography, that white/negative space is called a counter, or aperture, or inner space, or enclosed space.
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This piece is an example of silverpoint. The values in a silverpoint work are created by using a thin wire that is held by a cylinder-shaped holder. The artist must slowly build up scratches overtime, in order to created darker values. The greater the etching or scratching, the darker the value. This medium is challenging because it cannot be erased and it takes a long time.
If this is the picture of the bird with the columns on the sides of the picture, then that is the answer.
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This painting became the hallmark of ceiling decoration in Italy during the next century and beyond
It's usually D, but it could be two other instruments (instead of violin and cello)
