1. Visual Elements

4. Actual

5. Implied

6. Line in Two-dimensional Art

10. IMPLIED LINE A series of points that the eye recognizes as a line; a perceived line where areas of conrasting color or texture meet.

11. Line Variations. b. Implied line.

12. Line Variations. c. Actual straight lines and implied curved line.

15. Marc Chagall. I and the Village. 1911. 75 5/8" x 59 5/8".

16. GESTURAL LINE Line that conveys the energy of the artist’s hand as it moves across the drawing surface.

17. Line Variations. h. Dance of curving lines.

24. CONTOUR LINE An actual line or implied line that defines the outer limits of a three dimensional object or two-dimensional shape; used synonymously with “outline”.

40. Figure and Ground

41. Positive and Negative Shape

42. Amorphous Shape

44. Organic Shape

45. Amorphous (irregular) shape

46. POSITIVE SHAPE A dominant shape on a ground.

47. NEGATIVE SHAPE A shape “left over” or around a dominant shape.

54. Figure (or ground) can be either dark or light…

55. FIGURE A shape on a background.

56. GROUND A background on which marks, shapes, or figures are placed.

57. Figure- Ground Confusion

67. Volume: the measurable area that an object occupies

69. VOLUME The measurable area that an object occupies-its height, width, and depth.

75. Architectural Space

76. Interior Spaces

78. In the Round

79. In Relief

84. Foreground, middle ground, and background

85. Size

86. Overlap

87. Transparency

94. PERSPECTIVE The illusion of space on planar surfaces, created by techniques for representing three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface.

96. Linear Perspective

97. One-point perspective

98. Two-point perspective

100. Bird’s-eye view

101. Worm’s-eye view

102. Foreshortening

103. Isometric Perspective

108. VANISHING POINT Where converging lines drawn in linear perspective seem to disappear into a distant dot on the horizon line.

109. ORTHOGONAL LINES Lines or edges in a picture that lead the viewer’s eyes to the vanishing points in an illusional three-dimensional space.

112. Raphael. The School of Athens. 1508. Study.

115. ATMOSPHERIC (AERIAL) PERSPECTIVE The technique of representing dimensional space by making objects close to the viewer appear crisp and vibrant and making them fuzzy and less intense in color and tone as thet recede.