Element of Line in Art in terms of line...
The Obvious STRAIGHTHORIZONTALVERTICALDIAGONAL
Barnett Newman, Dionysius, 1944, 67x49in.
Barnett Newman, Yellow Painting, 1949
Barnett Newman, Untitled (The Cry), 36x24in., ink on paper
Lines can be implied...
IMPLIED LINES Not really there (not a clear line) but eye is guided along the picture to a focal point. What is the focal point in this next picture?
Diego Rivera, The Flower Carrier, 1935, 48x48 in. Note lines implied by directional gazes
Pierre-Auguste Renoir Le déjeuner des canotiers, 1880–1881 Oil on canvas, × cm
Morandi, Giorgio Still Life (The Blue Vase) 1920 Oil on canvas The blue lines point out... IMPLIED LINES
Morandi, Giorgio Still Life (The Blue Vase) 1920 Oil on canvas implied
Kenneth Noland, Thrust, x 45 in.
A VENETIAN WOMAN John Singer Sargent (American, b.1856, d.1925) 1882 oil on canvas 93 3/4 x 52 1/2 in. (238.1 x cm)
Lines used to create emphasis: How does this painter make the women the center or focal point of this picture?
Lines can curve...
Hokusai, Katsushika The Great Wave Off Kanagawa From "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" Color woodcut 10 x 15 in.
Cy Twombly, Untitled, 1970
IS THIS ART? It’s just a scribble but does it have any of the ‘elements of art’? It defines an area It creates an illusion of depth (volume)
Look again …
Brice Marden American, born Bronxville, New York, 1938 Cold Mountain 2, Oil on linen, 108 1/8 x 144 1/4 in.
What lines lurk in this texture?
Jackson Pollock, Lavendar Mist No. 1, 1950
Consider the expressive quality of the jagged lines in this work... What is the artist trying to make you feel?
Clyfford Still, 1957, No.1
Georgia O’Keeffe, Red, White and Blue, 1931
The Obvious Again STRAIGHT CURVED – SMOOTH, JAGGED The most important thing in this last picture is that the artist has used many elements (color, line, position) all to make the skull the focal point of this picture.
Clyfford Still American, C, (1948) Oil on canvas 80 7/8 x 68 3/4 in. complex contour lines formed by these complex shapes
Lines create or imply shapes Shapes can be open or closed Lines around a shape are CONTOUR lines
SHAPE open/closed geometric/ biomorphic or organic
Frank Stella, Wolfeboro II, 1966 closed, geometric
THE UPSTAIRS Charles Sheeler (American, b.1883, d.1965) 1938 oil on canvas 19 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. (49.5 x 32.4 cm) Lines create planes or levels; planes suggest volume or depth. It gives the picture a 3D look!
VOLUME Implied in painting; actual/ real in sculpture LINE SHAPE VOLUME / DEPTH 3D
Kenneth Snelson Rador, 1975 brass & stainless steel 21 x 17 x 6 inches
Kenneth Snelson American, born Pendleton, Oregon, 1927 Needle Tower, 1968 Aluminum and stainless steel 720 x 243-1/2 x 213-3/8 in.
How do the last sculptures create depth or volume? Actual? Or Implied?
Rodin Balzac
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater,
Volume/ depth and Lines work together! Look at the examples from architecture design!
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater,
Frank Gehry, Disney Concert Hall
Henry Moore Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece , bronze x x cm (210 1/2 x 284 x 143 in.)
LINE What is a line in Art? Line – an area whose length is greater than its width; an indication of direction. This can be found in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, clay/pottery, and architecture. Lines can be actual or implied; a line which shows an outside edge of an object is a contour line. A directional line points or moves the eye in a particular direction. Horizontal – across: Feel - quiet, stable. Vertical - up and down: Feel - Reaching up, uplifting, rising. Diagonal - corner to corner: Feel - dynamic, moving. Lines can express feeling – thick or thin, weighty or straight, hard- edged or soft.