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  2. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    Elements of art are stylistic features that are included within an art piece to help the artist communicate. [1] The seven most common elements include line, shape, texture, form, space, color and value, with the additions of mark making, and materiality. [1][2] When analyzing these intentionally utilized elements, the viewer is guided towards ...

  3. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    A line's angle and its relationship to the frame's size influence the perspective of the image. Horizontal lines, commonly found in landscape photography, can give the impression of calm, tranquility, and space. An image filled with strong vertical lines tends to have the appearance of height and grandeur.

  4. Geometric abstraction - Wikipedia

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    Geometric abstraction. Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. Although the genre was popularized by avant-garde artists in the early twentieth century, similar motifs ...

  5. Rule of thirds - Wikipedia

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    The tree is at the intersection of two lines, sometimes called a power point[1] or a crash point. [2] The rule of thirds is a rule of thumb for composing visual art such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. [3] The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal ...

  6. Line art - Wikipedia

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    Line art or line drawing is any image that consists of distinct straight lines or curved lines placed against a background (usually plain). Two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects are often represented through shade (darkness) or hue (color). Line art can use lines of different colors, although line art is usually monochromatic.

  7. Medieval art - Wikipedia

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    The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists' crafts, and the artists themselves.

  8. Line (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    The use of lines, or outlining, to create a sense of shape is most commonly used in cartoon style illustrations or animations. Another use of line in graphics is the ability to help suggest a tone or feeling in a work. Vertical lines can be used to create a sense of strength or stability. An example of this could be a row of trees in a picture ...

  9. Calligraphy - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 17 Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an expressive, harmonious, and skillful manner". [ 1 ] : 18 In East Asia and the Islamic world , where more flexibility is allowed in written forms, calligraphy is regarded as a significant art form, and the form it takes may be affected by the ...