LINE

LINEA continuous or implied mark

Contour Line- defines edges

Qualitative line- varies in thickness and darkness

Henri Matisse Nude Study c.1908-09,pencil on paper, 12 x 9 inches

Descriptive Line- creates a recognizable image

BasquiatUntitled Acrylic, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 1981

Line of sight- implied lines along which people look

RenoirThe Bathers1887 Oil on Canvas

Outline- joins itself to create shape

Keith HaringBill Jones Dance Poster (detail)1982

Abstract line- limited to expression

Jackson Pollock The Key, 1946Oil on canvas

many lines closely spaced and parallel to create values

Kathe Kollwitz (German)Self-Portrait, Woodcut proof, 1923,5 7/8 z 6 3/4 in.

Hatching-

where sky and earth meet

Winslow HomerCloud Shadows, 1890oil on canvas61 x 71.1 cm

Horizon line-

Edge- implied when two of something meet

Leonardo da VinciMona LisaOil on poplar30 x 21”

Diagonal lines-  

Claude-Joseph Vernet A Storm on a Mediterranean CoastFrench, Paris, 1767 Oil on canvas 44 1/2 x 57 3/8 in.

convey a feeling of movement

diagonal lines-

Attributed to Silas A. Holmes St. Paul's ChapelAmerican, New York City, about 1855 Salt print 10 x 14 13/16 in

can also indicate depth through perspective in 2-D composition

Horizontal lines-

Nicolas Poussin French, 1650 – 1651Landscape with a CalmOil on canvas 38 3/16 x 51 9/16 in.

suggest a feeling of rest because objects parallel to the earth are at rest

Vertical lines- often communicate a sense of height because they are perpendicular to the earth

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam The Choir and North Ambulatory of the Church of Saint BavoDutch, November 1634 Pen and brown ink and watercolor,chalk for transfer to panel 14 13/16 x 15 7/16 in.