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Art History: technical aspects used in evaluating art including lines, shadow, depth, linear perspective, shape, mass
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Technical AspectsA primer
Line
There are several types of line: Straight Curved Zigzag Spiral Expressive geometric
Identify lines:
Identify the lines:
Identify the lines:
Depth or linear perspective
One Point Linear Perspective
What are the lines called?
Orthogonals-vertical line in a one point linear perspective
transversals- horizontal lines in a one point linear perrspective
What do you see?
Two Point linear perspective
Two vanishing points and one horizon
Shape and Mass
Think Geometry!
Shape
Shape is two dimensional Mass is three dimensional
Negative Space
Simply put, the artist may create negative space by using white in drawings or paintings:
Or in sculptures or crafts:
Light
Tenebrism-use of dark shadow and light to highlight the subjects in a painting
Cross hatching
Texture
Texture is created by wide thick brush strokes like Impressionistic painters
Texture is also created by the feel of a piece of art-depth, medium, quality, consistency…
What type of texture does this have?
This?
Color
The absence of color can create a three dimensional effect:
dimension