Because painting is a two-dimensional art, the flat pattern of lines and shapes is an important aspect of design, even for those painters concerned with creating illusions of great depth.

绘画作为二维空问艺术，线条和形态的平面图案是构思中的重要因素，哪怕对要创作具有巨大景深图像的画家也是如此。

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The stock is hovering just at its buy point of 30.77, ten cents above the high in a flat-base pattern that began in mid-June.

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In Thirty Are Better Than One, the Mona Lisa is reduced to a pattern, like paisley or toile de jouy: perfectly flat, potentially infinite.

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It then formed a big wedge, broke down in April, went flat in the May-July period, and then had an ugly 3-day decline out of the base pattern in August.

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