LINE SPACE LIGHT AND COLOR TEXTURE PATTERN TIME AND MOTION The Formal  Elements
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGh97__-uLA The Dot and The Line LINE
LINE VARIETIES OF LINE
Andy Goldsworthy.  Hazel Leaves . June 5, 1991. http://movies.netflix.com/WiPlayer?movieid=60027273&trkid=2361637 1:03:40
Outline and Contour Line
Outline and Contour Line Outline : indicates the edge of a two-dimensional shape Contour Line: indicates the edge of a three-dimensional form
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.  House . 1995. 6 ft. 8 in. x 5 ft.
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.  Female Nude Back View . c. 1912.
Implied Line Is a function of  line of sight , the direction the figures in a given composition are looking
Alberto Giacometti.  Man Pointing . 1947. 70 1/2 x 40 3/4 x 16 3/8 in.
Titian.  Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin . c. 1516–18. 22 1/2 x 11 4/5 ft.
Line analysis of Titian,  Assumption and Consecration of the Virgin . c. 1516–18. 22 1/2 x 11 4/5 ft.
Chéri Samba.  Calvary.  1992. 35 x 45 5/8 in.
Qualities of Line Line also possesses certain intellectual, emotional, and expressive qualities
Pat Steir.  Drawing Lesson, Part I, Line #1.  1978. each 16 x 16 in., edition of 25.
Rembrandt van Rijn.  The Three Crosses . 1653. 15 1/4  x 17 3/4 in.
Pat Steir.  Drawing Lesson, Part I, Line #5 . 1978. each 16 x 16 in., edition of 25.
Vincent van Gogh.  The Starry Night . 1889. 29 x 36 1/4 in.
Vincent van Gogh.  The Sower . 1888. 25 1/4 x 31 3/4 in.
Sol LeWitt.  Wall Drawing No. 681 C, A wall divided vertically into four equal squares separated and bordered by black bands. Within each square, bands in one of four directions, each with color ink washes superimposed.  1993. image: 120 x 444 in.
Installation of  Wall Drawing No. 681 C . August 25, 1993.
Installation of  Wall Drawing No. 681 C . August 25, 1993.
Jasper Johns.  Numbers in Color . 1958–59. 67 x 49 1/2 in.
Matthew Ritchie.  No Sign of the World.  2004. 99 x 154 in.
Jacques Louis David.  The Death of Socrates . 1787. 51 x 77 1/4 in.
Jacques Louis David.  Study for the Death of Socrates . 1787. 20 1/2 x 17 in.
Eugène Delacroix.  Study for The Death of Sardanapalus . 1827–28. 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.
Eugène Delacroix.  The Death of Sardanapalus . 1827. 12 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 16 ft. 2 7/8 in.
Zeus, or Poseidon . c. 460  BCE . height 82 in.
Robert Mapplethorpe.  Lisa Lyon . 1982.

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Editor's Notes

  • #3 Watch this, then talk about line.
  • #4 They can rise or fall – move to the left or right – disappear into the distance – divide one thing to the other – connect things – thick or thin – long or short – smooth or agitated – straight or curved. What other ways? Nature, paths, tracks, rivers, shooting stars.
  • #20 Expressionistic, emotionally charged, almost chaotic, imprecise
  • #21 Precise, controlled, mathematically rigurous, logical, rationally organized.
  • #24 The grid – pattern of vertical and horizontal lines – lends a sense of order out of chaos.