ART 1107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Archaic Greece, Additive Color, Acrylate Polymer
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May also include chance, improvising, spontaneity, engaging senses other than sight. Moving point, having length and no width. Actual lines physically exist and can be broad, thin, straight, jagged. Implied lines do not physically exist, but appear to be real, not one point to another. Direction: either vertical, horizontal, diagonal and can describe spatial relationships. Horizontal- imply sense of sleep or inactivity, sense of quiet and contemplation. Vertical-imply aspiration, potential of action, sense of gravity. Diagonal- suggest movement, in examples like a falling tree and posture of running. Line quality- can express a range of emotions like roughness, fragility, anger, refinement, whimsy and vigor. Gesture-sketchy, rapid, mimics movements of eyes when examining a subject. Outline-follows edges of silhouette of a 3-d form with uniform line thickness, flattens object. Contour line-marks the edges of a 3-d object with varying line thickness and some internal detail. Cross contour-repeated lines around the object to express 3-d dimensionality.