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2 Exploring Art Chapter 2
2 Exploring Art Chapter 2
Express instability,
tension excitement,
and activity.
Creates discomfort.
Dominant Line
Zig-Zag
Frenetic, active. Feelings of
excitement, nervousness.
Creates confusion.
Frans
Hals
Dominant Line
Curved lines
Graceful,
elegance,
beauty, luxury.
(Louis XIV
furniture).
Show activity
because of the
changing
direction
Shape
Two dimensional area clearly set off by one or
more of the other visual elements. Shapes are
flat.
Shapes can be geometric, like squares and
circles; or organic, like free formed shapes
or natural shapes. Shapes are flat and can
express length and width.
Shape
Geometric Shapes-Circles, Squares, rectangles and triangles.
We see them in architecture and manufactured items.
Organic Shapes-Leaf, seashells, flowers. We see them in
nature and with characteristics that are free flowing, informal
and irregular.
Static Shape-Shapes that appears stable and resting.
Dynamic Shape-Shapes that appears moving and active.
Form