Q What types of lines do you see Artist info Joan Miró Spanish 18931983 The Farm 19211922 oil on canvas 1238 x 1413 x 33 cm 48 34 x 55 58 x 1 516 in National Gallery of Art Gift of Mary Hemingway ID: 587906
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Exploring Lines in ArtSlide2
Q: What types of lines do you see?Slide3
Artist info:
Joan
Miró
Spanish, 1893–1983
The Farm
, 1921–1922
oil on canvas, 123.8 x 141.3 x 3.3 cm (48 3/4 x 55 5/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Mary HemingwaySlide4
Q: What words would you use to describe these lines?
(1) Calm, serious, quiet
OR
(2) Energetic, fun, dynamicSlide5
Artist Info:
Roy Lichtenstein
American, 1923–1997
Leo
Castelli
Gallery
(publisher)
Chiron Press
(printer)
Brushstroke
, 1965
color
screenprint
on heavy, white wove paper, 58.4 x 73.6 cm (23 x 29 in.)
Corlett
/Fine 1994, Vol. II, no. 5
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Roy and Dorothy LichtensteinSlide6
Q: Which group of words best describes the lines in this painting?
(
1) Solid, serious, organized, planned
OR
(2) Silly, energetic, dynamic, in motion,
chaoticSlide7
Artist Info:
Charles Sheeler
American, 1883–1965
Classic Landscape
, 1931
oil on canvas, 63.5 x 81.9 cm (25 x 32 1/4 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Collection of Barney A.
EbsworthSlide8
Q: Where
do you see the following:
Zigzag
Curved
Straight
Short
BrokenSlide9
Artist info:
Henri Matisse
French, 1869–1954
Woman Seated in an Armchair
, 1940
oil on canvas, 54 x 65.1 cm (21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Given in loving memory of her husband, Taft Schreiber, by Rita SchreiberSlide10
Activities:
In your notebook, draw as many different types of lines as you can think of.
Create an adult colouring page using as many different types of lines as possible.Slide11
Sample adult colouring pageSlide12Slide13
Sources:
National Gallery of Art. “Exploring
Lines in Works of Art
.” Retrieved from the NGA’s website:
http
://
www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/education/teachers/lessons-activities/elements-of-art/line.html