Graphics Reference
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Line
ing. The title is considered a reference to a topic
“Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions” by
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1994/2008). This topic is
being constantly reprinted and easy to find online,
in bookstores, or libraries. “The Dot and the Line“
was adapted as a 10-minute animation by Chuck
Jones who won for it the 1965 Academy Award
for Animated Short Film. It can be seen online
and attracts tens of thousands visitors. More in-
formation and the story of the topic can be found
at Wikipedia. One can also find surprisingly great
amount of video responses to “The Dot and the
Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics” as online
animations of the story.
For example,
Line shows the shortest way between two points.
Line can be a path of a point, which leads the eye
through space. Thus, line is a record of movement,
can create illusion of motion in a work of art.
Lines define an enclosed space. In a drawing or
a painting, line may be used both in a functional
and imaginative way and may represent anything:
an actual shape, a person, or a building.
Lines may be thick or thin, wavy, curved or
angular, continuous or broken, dotted, dashed or a
combination of any of these. There are many ways
in which we can vary a line in art, by changing
the line's width, length, the degree of curvature,
direction or position, and/or by altering the texture
of the line. The use of line in art involves selec-
tion and repetition, opposition, transition, and
variety of length, width, curvature, direction, and
texture. Movement shown by a line is considered
a principle of art.
Norton Juster created “The Dot and the Line:
a Romance in Lower Mathematics” (1963/2000)
using line drawings for his amazing storytell-
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=OmSbdvzbOzY
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=OGh97__-uLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXj
UsJNiUM&feature=related
See Table 5 for Your Visual Response.
Table 5.
Your Visual Response: Playing with Lines
You may want to draw examples illustrating how the use of line involves selection and repetition, opposition, transition, and variety of
length, width, curvature, direction, and texture. Draw some variations in lines. There are many ways for playing with lines. In various
illustrated magazines, find lines that show movement. Also, examine short sketches, for example, The New Yorker cartoons, and explore
by drawing how different lines can show emotion. Draw and title expressive lines: draw happy lines, excited lines, stressful lines, dra-
matic lines relaxed lines, pathetic lines, and boring lines.
 
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