shape and form
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Shape and Form. Shape - A two dimensional area with recognizable boundary. Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921. Form - A three-dimensional shape that has height, width and depth. Figure - A shape that appears to be on top of background shapes, also called a positive shape. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Shape - A two dimensional area with recognizable
boundary
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Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians, 1921
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Form - A three-dimensional shape that has height, width
and depth
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Figure - A shape that appears to be on top of background
shapes, also called a positive shape
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Ground - A shape that seems to be underneath or
surrounding a figure, also referred to as a negative
shape
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M.C. Escher, Circle Limit IV, 1960
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Foreshortening - A method of making an object seem to recede
in space and appear three-dimensional by shortening the
depth dimension
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Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ, c. 1490
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Organic - shapes and forms that are irregular,
such as those often found in nature: leaves, stones,
clouds
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Geometric - shapes and forms that are usually found in things made by people, such as buildings, bridges,
and office machines
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Edward Hopper, House by the Railroad, 1925
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Closed - shapes and forms that seem solid and heavy
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Isamu Noguchi, Great Rock of Inner Seeking, 1974
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Open - shapes and forms that have space around
and between them
Kano Sansetsu, The Old Plum, c. 1645
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Shape Constancy - the tendency to see a shape as unchanging regardless of the angle at which you
see it
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Size Constancy - the tendency to see a object’s size as unchanging no matter how close or far away it
is
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Camille Jacob Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmarte on a Winter Morning, 1897