II. Line & Space

Wood sculpture project:

Wire sculptures project:


Straight Lines: Lines going in one direction without curves or angles.

Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt

Curved Lines: A line that deviates from a straight line, turning into a smooth angle.

Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt

Vertical Lines: Lines going straight up and down.

Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana
Lucio Fontana

Horizontal Lines: Lines going straight across left and right, parallel to the horizon.

Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt

Diagonal Lines: Straight lines with a slant in direction.

Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero
Mark di Suvero

Actual Lines: Lines that connect, define, or divide a design through their physical presence.

George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey

Implied Lines: A line that suggests by movement or by a gesture rather than being physically drawn or constructed.
Sol LeWitt

George Rickey
Sol LeWitt

George Rickey
George Rickey

Sight Line: A viewing line that is established by the arrangement of objects within one's field of vision.

George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey

Space: The area within or around an area of substance.

George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
Cynn Chadwick

Presence: The way the piece occupies and uses the environment around it.

Absence in Space: A deliberate void in a piece.


George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey

Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt

Opened Space: Space that is not completely enclosed by a line.

Closed Space: Space that is completely enclosed by a line, or unbroken contour.

Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt

Kinetic Form: A form that actually moves.

Lyman Whitaker
Jesus Soto
David Ascalon
Alexander Calders
Alexander Calders

Proximity: The distance between visual or structural elements or between an object and the audience.

George Rickey
George Rickey

George Rickey
George Rickey

George Rickey

Closure: The mind's inclination to connect fragmentary in formation to produce a completed form.

George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey
George Rickey

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