«Black Hawk Down» doesn't have heroic foreground figures like most war movies. (rogerebert.com)
Wróblewski's innovative approach to figuration — sometimes fusing human anatomy with geometric shapes, or foregrounding the figure in isolation — posited the body as a real and complicated subject, while also addressing the limits of its representation. (galleriesnow.net)
When foreground figures take up most of the picture surface the landscape is mere background, which is why Leonardo da Vinci, despite his interest in landscape, did not produce true landscape paintings. (visual-arts-cork.com)