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Line in Visual Arts
Carla Piper, Ed. D.ARTU450
What is line?
line. A point moving in space. Line can vary in width, length, curvature, color, or direction (California Visual Arts Glossary Definition)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/vamain.asp
Click on links included on each slide for more information.
Elements of Art
Qualities of line
• Vary in weight, width, and emphasis • May be delicate or bold • May be made with freedom and
spontaneity or with deliberate action • May flow or jerk • Can be think and light or thick and heavy • May be wavy, fish-scale, jagged, or zigzag • May suggest a personality that is bold,
careful, or tentative • Can create outlines, inner edges, paths of
motion, decorative patterns Wachowiak & Clements (2006), p. 11
Examine the Use of Lines in These Famous Works of Art
Click on the links to find out more on each artist.
Line in Architecture
Click on Links
• Works of Architecture • The Element of Line• MIT Society for Architectural Hist
orians• Download Image Exchange Tour• Great Buildings• Wikipedia
Frank Lloyd Wright
The Architect - 1867-1959• The Guggenheim: New York• A Virtual Look at the Works of Fr
ank Lloyd Wright• The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundati
on• Wikipedia• PBS • Timeline of Art History
Alexander Calder
• Drawing, Painting, Sculpture (1898-1972)• Calder Foundation• Wikipedia• National Gallery of Art Tour
Click on Links
Paul Klee
• 1879-1940• Wikipedia• NetMuseum Timeline
Joan Miró
• 1893-1983• Wikipedia • Miro
Joan Miró
Georgia O’Keefe
• 1887-1986• Timeline of Art History • Wikipedia
Marc Chagall
• 1887-1985• Wikipedia• ABC Gallery
Henri Matisse
• 1969-1954• Wikipedia• ABC Gallery
Wassily Kandinsky
• 1866-1944• Wikipedia