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    The document outlines various elements of three-dimensional design including form, mass, volume, kinetic form, relief, earthworks, line, implied line, connection between points, line in motion, line continuation, plane, curved plane, space (positive and negative), activated space, entering space, texture, characteristic texture, light, light on a surface, and scale. Examples are provided for each element to illustrate different artists and works that demonstrate these three-dimensional design concepts.

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    The document outlines various elements of three-dimensional design including form, mass, volume, kinetic form, relief, earthworks, line, implied line, connection between points, line in motion, line continuation, plane, curved plane, space (positive and negative), activated space, entering space, texture, characteristic texture, light, light on a surface, and scale. Examples are provided for each element to illustrate different artists and works that demonstrate these three-dimensional design concepts.

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    ELEMENTS

    of
    Three-Dimensional Design
    FORM

    Mass
    An empty three-dimensional form.
    A solid three-dimensional form.
    MASS &VOLUME

    Todd Slaughter
    Mano y Bola
    MASS

    Anish Kapoor
    The Bean
    Chicago, IL
    KINETIC FORM

    Jean Tinguely, Chaos 1
    Degrees of
    Dimensionality:


    RELIEF

    Robert Longo
    Corporate Wars
    EARTHWORKS

    Robert Smithson
    Spiral Jetty
    Great Salt Lake, Utah
    LINE
    A series of adjacent points

    A connection between points

    A point in motion
    IMPLIED LINE
    Ant Farm (Chip Lord, Hudson
    Marquez, Doug Michels )
    Cadillac Ranch
    CONNECTION BETWEEN POINTS
    Kenneth Snelson, Free Ride Home
    LINE IN MOTION
    Moira North and Rudi Stern
    Neon Skates
    LINE CONTINUATION
    Chris Burden
    Medusas Head
    IMPLIED LINE /
    SIGHT LINE


    Giovanni da
    Bologna

    Nancy Holt
    Sun Tunnels

    PLANE
    3-Dimensional form that has length & width
    but minimal thickness.
    PLANE
    Alexander Calder
    Untitled
    PLANE
    Alexander Calder
    La Grande Vitesse
    CURVED PLANE
    Richard Serra
    Torqued Ellipse VI
    SPACE
    + Positive - Negative
    The area within or around an area of substance.
    The artist/designer defines and activates space
    when constructing a three dimensional object.
    + / - SPACE
    Alice Aycock
    Tree of Life Fantasy
    ACTIVATED SPACE
    Anish Kapoor
    Turning the world
    inside out II
    ENTERING SPACE

    Lucas Samaras
    Mirrored Room
    TEXTURE
    The visual or tactile quality of a form.

    Texture can be created visually using multiple marks, physically, through
    Surface variation, or through the inherent property of a specific material,
    Such as sand as opposed to smooth porcelain.
    CHARACTERISTIC
    TEXTURE

    Richard Notkin
    Tara Donovan
    Untitled (Toothpicks)
    Beth Cavener Stichter
    In Bocca al Luppo
    Clay & mixed media
    LIGHT
    LIGHT ON A SURFACE
    Daniel Chester French
    Head of Abraham Lincoln
    Pamina Traylor
    Lingua Franca
    Glass, steel, rubber
    James Turrell
    Roden Crater
    Jenny Holzer
    The physical dimensions, proportions, magnitude or extent of something.
    Yoshihiro Suda
    Weeds

    paint on wood
    Ron Mueck
    Color

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