it can define a space, create an outline or
pattern, imply movement or texture, and allude to mass or volume.
-line can be used to describe the edge or outline of an object or space
(contour line)
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| observando.net |
-line can be used to describe the surface form of an object or space by its changing direction and thickness
(cross-contour line)
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| Jean-Baptiste Greuze |
-line can be accumulated to suggest texture
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| Van Gogh |
...and value
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| Paul Gustave Dore |
-line can be suggested, rather than actual
(implied line)
...at the edge of two forms
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| Rene Magritte |
...or by the repetition of similar forms
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| Laylah Ali |
-horizontal lines suggest a feeling of rest and calm, tied to gravity and the horizon line
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| Mark Rothko |
-vertical lines suggest strength, order, and loftiness
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| Georges Seurat |
...when used together they allude to man-made structures and solidity
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| Piet Mondrian |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright |
-diagonal lines suggest movement, direction, and depth, disrupting the vertical and horizontal frame of the picture plane
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| Haus Interior |
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| Claude-Joseph Vernet |
...they can create a sense of space and perspective through diminishing width and proximity
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| Jaime Jones |
...and can lead the eye through the composition
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| Van Gogh |
-curved lines suggest motion and fluidity
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| Katsushika Hokusai |
...deep, swirling curves add a sense of chaos and turbulence
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| Saul Bass |
...while soft, shallow curves suggest the human body and nature
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| Inhabitat.com |
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| Antoni Gaudi |
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