LINE
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What is the fundamental definition of a line as presented in the chapter's introduction?
View answer and explanationThe idea that a line 'is a point set in motion' is attributed to which artist?
View answer and explanationWhat is meant by the term 'artistic shorthand' in the context of defining shape and form with lines?
View answer and explanationWhat does a cross contour line define?
View answer and explanationWhat is an implied line?
View answer and explanationWhat is a psychic line?
View answer and explanationIn the analysis of Georges de La Tour’s painting 'The Fortune Teller', which of the following is identified as an example of an implied line?
View answer and explanationWhat does a horizontal line typically imply in a composition?
View answer and explanationWhich type of line most strongly suggests motion and action?
View answer and explanationWhat is a contour drawing?
View answer and explanationWhich of the following best describes a gesture drawing?
View answer and explanationRembrandt’s 'Christ Carrying the Cross' is presented as an example of which type of drawing?
View answer and explanationHow is the line quality in Susan Rothenberg's untitled drawing of a horse characterized?
View answer and explanationIn the context of using lines to create dark and light, what is 'hatching'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the technique of 'cross-hatching'?
View answer and explanationIn Alice Neel's painting 'The Pregnant Woman', how is line used as an important element?
View answer and explanationHow does the treatment of hair in Roy Lichtenstein's 'Crying Girl' contrast with that in Botticelli's 'Venus'?
View answer and explanationIn the context of the chapter, what is 'explicit line' in a painting?
View answer and explanationWhat is meant by the term 'lost-and-found contour'?
View answer and explanationWhich artist's painting, 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist', is used as a prime example of lost-and-found contour?
View answer and explanationWhat are the 'inherent lines' within a rectangular composition derived from?
View answer and explanationWhat does Sol Lewitt’s site-specific 'Wall Drawing 51' reveal?
View answer and explanationWhat is the date of George Bellows's painting 'Stag at Sharkey’s', which is dominated by diagonal lines?
View answer and explanationWhat medium did Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres use for his 1815 contour drawing 'Portrait of Mme. Hayard and Her Daughter Caroline'?
View answer and explanationWhat material is Deborah Butterfield's 1987 sculpture 'Tango' made from?
View answer and explanationIn what year did Rembrandt create the etching 'The Three Trees', which is used as an example of cross-hatching?
View answer and explanationWhat is the year of creation for Alice Neel's painting 'The Pregnant Woman'?
View answer and explanationWhat are the approximate dimensions of Fernand Leger's 1950 oil on canvas, 'The Builders'?
View answer and explanationWhat is the approximate date for Caravaggio's 'Salome with the Head of John the Baptist'?
View answer and explanationIn what month and year was Sol Lewitt's 'Wall Drawing 51' created?
View answer and explanationIn a line drawing such as 'The Artist's Studio' by Raoul Dufy, what do the lines actually represent?
View answer and explanationHow does a topographical map, such as the Grand Teton Quadrangle map, utilize the concept of cross contour lines?
View answer and explanationIn Georges de La Tour’s 'The Fortune Teller', a psychic line is created by which specific action or element?
View answer and explanationHow does the painting 'Evangeliste' by John Moore primarily achieve its calm serenity?
View answer and explanationWhat is a key difference between the lines in Ingres's precise contour drawing and the lines in Giacometti's self-portrait?
View answer and explanationWhat is the primary function of the varied line quality in Judy Pfaff's print 'Che Cosa è Acqua'?
View answer and explanationBesides drawings and prints, where else is the technique of using line to create value demonstrated, as shown in the example of a West African Kente cloth?
View answer and explanationWhy is the use of a dark line in design sometimes described as a 'crutch'?
View answer and explanationIn Karin Davie’s painting 'Between My Eye and Heart No. 12', how are the 'lines' that compose the work described?
View answer and explanationWhat is a characteristic of lost-and-found contour that makes it feel closer to our natural perception of things?
View answer and explanationAccording to the analysis in the 'Inherent Line' section, how is Picasso’s painting 'Harlequin' balanced?
View answer and explanationHow are the lines in Richard Long's 'Five Paths' described in comparison to the lines in Picasso's 'Flashlight Centaur'?
View answer and explanationIn the advertisement from the New York Times Supplement (Figure B, page 130), how are shapes and forms defined without the use of line drawings?
View answer and explanationHow does the photograph of the suspension bridge (Figure A, page 132) illustrate an implied line?
View answer and explanationAccording to the section on line direction, what effect do horizontal and vertical lines have within a rectangular design?
View answer and explanationWhat aspect of a subject is a gesture drawing meant to capture, which is less important in a contour drawing?
View answer and explanationWhat kind of expression does the 'brutal line quality' in Susan Rothenberg's untitled drawing of a horse create?
View answer and explanationHow does Pat Oliphant's cartoon (Figure A, page 140) demonstrate both hatching and cross-hatching?
View answer and explanationIn Sophie Taeuber-Arp's white-on-white relief 'Parasols', which contours are considered 'lost'?
View answer and explanationWhat does the text suggest is a frequent outcome of a riveting composition?
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