II. Line and Space

Definition/ Image Gallery

• Straight Lines- a line created by the assembly of points traveling in constant

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1. Tower- Sol LeWitt
2. Line- Nenad Stankovic
3. Concetto Spaziale- Lucio Fontana
4. Iroquois- Mark di Suvero
5. Meet- Kosso Eloul

• Curved lines- bending lines without any sharp turn

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1. Mildred Andrews Putnam Sculpture Park - Richard Fleischman
2. Bull- Dan Zaretsky
3. Spiny Top, Curly Bottom- Alexander Calder
4. Arabesque XXIX- Robert Longhurst
5. Signal- Vassilaskis Takis

• Vertical lines- a straight line that goes up and down, parallel to the y-axis
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1. Double L- George Rickey
2. Two Volumes in the Virtual- Jesus Soto
3. Spatial Concept- Lucio Fontana
4. Signaux- Vassilaskis
5. Vertical composition II- Seymour Fogel

• Horizontal lines- a straight line that goes side to size, parallel to the x-axis

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1. Two Lines in a T III- George Rickey
2. Truss Piece- Mark di Suvero
3. Seat, Wood and Forged Metal- Matthew Fedden
4. Mother Peace- Mark di Suvero
5. Chalk Line- Anthony Caro

• Diagonal lines- a straight line that has slanted or oblique direction

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1. Orion- Mark di Suvero
2. Three lines diagonal jointed wall- George Rickey
3. K-Piece- Mark di Suvero
4. Are Years What?- Mark di Suvero
5. The Diagonal of May 25, 1963- Dan Flavin

• Actual lines- lines that are physically presented in a design

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1. Orchadia- Mark Mckenna/ Rodger Stevens
2. Line of Speed and Vortex- Giacomo Balla
3. Ligne Parallele- Vassilakis
4. Tyne Anew- Mark di Suvero
5. Meta-Malevitch- Jean Tinguely

• Implied lines- lines that are suggested by the position of shapes or objects

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1. Sine Wave AKA sticky Thing- Carl Hahn
2. Sweet Water- Carl Hahn
3. Cube Virtual- Jesus Soto
4. Ohne Titel- Vassilakis
5. Needle Tower- Kenneth Snelson

• Sight line- imaginary line that exists between a subject and the object that he/she is looking at

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1. Stone Rainbow- Nigel Cann
2. 123454321- Sol LeWitt
3. Sight Line- James Gillespie
4. Four-Sided Pyramid- Sol LeWitt
5. Ornamatrix- Simeon Nelson

• Space- expanse in which everything is located

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1. System 26- Julian Wild
2. Furniture Meets its maker- Gord Peteran
3. Neruda's Gate- Mark di Suvero
4. Iventory- Vassilakis
5. Sound Space Sculpture- Bernhard Leithner

• Presence and Absence in space- contracting image capture a moment at the moment of its disappearance.

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1. The Boxers- Keith Haring
2. Space Churn- George Rickey
3. Argumented Sculpture Project- Pablo Valbuena
4. Light Sculpture- William Leslie
5. Wall Sculpture- Daniel Arsham

• Opened and closed space- form of space that is closed but open at the same time

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1. Drawing Through space- Alyson Shotz
2. Five Tower- Sol LeWitt
3. 49Part Variations on Three Different Kinds of Cubes- Sol LeWitt
4. The most Secret Heart Dry Pigment on Linen- Louis Blyton
5. Forms Derived from a Cube- Sol LeWitt

• Kinetic Form- expression perpetual motion through its immovable structure

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1. Schubert's Sonata- Mark di Suvero
2. Steller Motion- Moto Ohtake
3. Gallows and Lollipops- Alexander Calder
4. Kinetic Sculpture- David C. Roy
5. Motorized Kinetic Sculpture- Joseph A. Burlini

• Proximity – property of being closely together

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1. Penetrable bbl No.1- Jesus Soto
2. Narva- Jean Tinguely
3. Telelumiere- Vassilakis Takis
4. Carousel IV- George Rickey
5. Baluba III- Jean Tinguely

• Closure- approaching particular destination, tendency to complete an uncompleted path  

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1. Incomplete Open Cubes- Sol Lewitt
2. Cube de Provence- Jesus Soto
3. Serial Project I - Sol LeWitt
4. Nylon Cube- Jesus Soto
5. Sphere Bleue de Paris- Jesus Soto