False. Romantic composers were notorious for using excessive amounts of dynamics! That's how they'd communicate their intentions to the performing musicians, by putting dynamics in the music so the musicians would know exactly what the composer wanted from them.
The stronger contrast in value between an object and the background, the more visual weight the object has. the stronger the contrast in value between an object and the background, the more visual weight the object has. dark values appear heavier than light values.
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