Line
Elements of Art
Line
Lines can define a space, create an outline or pattern, imply movement or texture and allude to mass or volume. It is absolutely essential in creating any piece of art.
Just You Wait
As you can see the artwork is made out of lines to create what seems to be a neighborhood house, with trees and light-post, and is done by using many different types of lines, such as horizontal, squiggly, and vertical.
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In this artwork you see that lines of different thickness and shape are being used to create a hand holding the wrist of another, and also how lines of different thickness are used to create a person, the person being the artist himself. (left)
(Name unknown)
In this artwork you also see different line thickness and different lengths being used to create artwork. They are also using diagonal, vertical, and horizontal.
Classic Landscape, 1931
American, 1883–1965
You can see in this artwork that there is a lot of different types of lines that are used, Long, Continuous, Straight, Diagonal, Vertical, and Horizontal lines to create this artwork.
The Farm, 1921–1922
Spanish, 1893–1983
In this artwork the artist Miro uses lines to create the trees, the house, and also the different types of terrain that are being shown and the house on the right.
Beta Kappa, 1961
American, 1912–1962
In this artwork you can clearly see how lines are being used, because it is the majority of the artwork.