Lines Flashcards

1
Q

It always has width because it is drawn using concrete materials like pencil, chalk, or pen.

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Line

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2
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These lines that are visible and clearly expressed.

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Actual Lines

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3
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It is another type of line which we see dotted or dash lines.

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Implied Line

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4
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2 kinds of Lines

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  1. Straight Lines

2. Curved Lines

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5
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These lines can run horizontally, diagonally, vertically, or meander.

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Straight Lines

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6
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These lines can run in the direction of spiral, wavy, zigzag, and jagged.

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Curved Lines

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7
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It is an important lines or an implied lines that are used to create the illusion of depth.

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Perspective Line

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8
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It is a focused point of Perspective Lines.

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Vanishing Point

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9
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8 drawing of lines that are used to express emotions.

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  1. Light
  2. Fine
  3. Delicate
  4. Rough
  5. Heavy
  6. Flowing
  7. Jabbing
  8. Dabbing
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10
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It associated with rest or calm, and concrete parallelism to the ground and reclined body at rest.

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Horizontal

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It usually taken to mean exaltation or aspiration for action, and elevation or height.

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Vertical

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12
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It expresses progression, movement, and instability.

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Diagonal

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13
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It is a reminiscent of violence, conflict, or struggle.

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Crooked or Jagged

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14
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It is alluded to softness, grace, flexibility, or even sensuality.

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Curve

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15
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3 greatly heightens when a repetitive or rhythmic multiplicity of curved lines appear.

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  1. Movement
  2. Vitality
  3. Energy
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16
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Example of the Implied Line

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Leonardo da Vinci, “Virgin of the Rocks”

17
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Example(s) of the Perspective Line

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Vincent Van Gogh, “Bedroom in Arles”

Raphael, “School of Athens”

18
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Example(s) of line colliding or repeating.

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Piet Mondrian, Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (1937-42)
Jackson Pollock, “Mural”

19
Q

Example(s) of expressive line

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Vincent Van Gogh, “Starry Night”

20
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Example(s) of Horizontal and Vertical Lines

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Stonehenge, England (2600-2000 BCE)
The Parthenon, Greece (447-438 BCE)
The Dolmens of Diarmuid and Grainne, Ireland

21
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Example(s) of Diagonal Lines

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Edgar Degas, “Blue Dancers” (1899)
Gustave Caillebotte, “Le Pont de L’ Europe” (1881-1882)
Artemisia Gentileschi, “Judith Slaying Holoferness” (1614-20)

22
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Example(s) of Contour Lines

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Leonardo da Vinci, Self-Portrait
Yoruba artist, Shrine Head (12th-14th Century)
Andy Warhol, Red Lenin (1987)

23
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Example(s) of Gestural Lines

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Jean-Honore Fragonard, “The Swing” (1767)
Utagawa Hiroshige, The Whirlpools of Ara: Naruto Rapids” (1853)
Henri Matisse, “Dance” (1909)

24
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It pertains to the lightness and darkness of a line.

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Tone

25
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These means that lines are either straight or curved.

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Movement

26
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This is done when tone is suggested.

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Volume

27
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These are lines that come together and depicts volume and surface as well as express movement and emotions.

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Gesture Lines

28
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Finished work that uses gesture lines.

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Gestural Drawing

29
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It is needed to perceive anything. It’s physical nature is mysterious, what we do know is it is electromagnetic energy.

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Light

30
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This light is what artists use, whether natural or artificial.

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Actual Light

31
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It refers to the intensity of light and darkness in a reflective or non-light transmitting surface or medium.

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Value

32
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Example of a light transmitting medium

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Video Screen

33
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Example of a non-transmitting light

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Tarpaulin

34
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It is one that shows value from the darkest black to white and all the gradations of gray in between.

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Achromatic Value Scale

35
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It is the gradation of light and dark that gives the illusion of roundedness and depth in flat painting.

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Chiaroscuro

36
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It is the softening of light and the depiction of distant forms as blurry and washed out.

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Atmospheric or Aerial Perspective