Handout Question Responses

1.The state: “Our distance from certain works plays a big part in whether we perceive them as linear.” means that some works are not showing line very obviously, so one has to look at them in certain distance (long distance) and notice that they are linear works. The distance plays an important role in indicating whether the work is linear or not.


 


2. Picture that shows the distance of linear shape.

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3. According to the author, “The differences of values in the piece, specifically, the lightness and the darkness” is the element that helps us to see edges of things as lines.


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Implied Line

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Directional lines

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Quick Line

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Slow Line

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6.Metropolitan Museum of Art Photos

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