| line - a mark whose width
is shorter than its length; an extended point
1. Creating Lines
gesture - movement that effectively conveys meaning
or feeling
a. mark - a designation (the act of indicating or
identifying); an impression (as in scratch, scar, or stain)
b. edge - where 2 different areas contrast or 2 surfaces
meet / intersect Joan Miro
Dog Barking at the Moon, 1926
c. implied line - lines that dim, fade, gap, stop, etc. and
are completed by the viewer
2. Composing Lines
a. to describe contours and distinguishing features
Amadee Ozenfant, Guitar and Bottles,
1920
b. to direct the viewer's eye George
LK Morris Inverse Projection,
1957
1. visual strength: smooth line - eye travels easily;
rough or broken - slows eye
2. emotional force: line veering one way then another is
chaotic, horizontal lines are calm, wide lines feel bold, gentle
curves are pleasant and restful Kay Sage,
Margin of Silence,
1942
c. textures and tones are made from line
a. hatching/crosshatching - lines next to/and atop each
other John J.A. Murphy,
The Grandchild, 1921
b. stippling - the use of dots or other tiny, seperate
marks to indicate light and shadow Chuck
Close,
Fanny, 1985
(fingerprints)
d. positive and negative spaces are created by it.
Piet Mondrian Woods, 1910
activating the entire picture plane - negative
areas working as hard as positive spaces
1. the positive areas, or the "figure(s)." appear to be
filled (closed space) Paul Klee,
Mask of Fear, 1932
2. negative areas, or the "ground," appear empty or
unoccupied Piet Mondrian
Silver Tree, 1911
More Art:
1915 Picabia, Girl
Born w/o a Mother
2000 Nagib Nahas,
I Object to Being Killed In Wartime
Mondrian,
Other Trees
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