... me about this painting is that unlike most of Picasso's other paintings this one is not an abstract view of expression, although he uses many angular shapes and lines to contour the woman. I feel that when I look at this painting it is automatically seemed to be sad, but I cannot say ... this is the humor that was installed not only through the shapes and images, but the texture that pulls it together. What draws me in is the sharp geometric shapes on the lobster which creates a fierce image compared to the much more organic shapes on the cat. This painting combines humor and fear of ....

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... around the pipe, from bottom to top. You will need to divide your "torso" into three sections; chest, hip, and the top of the thighs. Be sure to make simple geometric shapes and planes for the three sections in this stage. For example, Figure 4 shows how the chest is a long rectangler box shape, the hip with a wide rectangular shape, and thighs with ... needs more or less of the clay by using the modeling tool, please look at Figure 5. For instance, the sides of the torso are rounded, and because you used simple geometric shapes, the edges have to be removed to start making it rounder, ...

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... combined with the knowledge of the title are immediate. Its emotion speaks loudly and clearly. Rodchenko's work is intellect all the way. The work is cleverly constructed- it is geometric analytical and very calculated. It explores and provokes the viewer in a very different way from that of Giacometti's work. The constructivists as a group were vastly different than the surrealists ... as "insectoid" and "predatorial" because of the sharp angles- the work nevertheless is equally flowing. These sharp angles and insectoid features are connected by smooth liquid sweeps of curvilinear shape...

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... used steel and other metal types. The "Untitled", (1969-91) series of Donald Judd is mostly made of aluminum and plexiglass. These installations usually consist of straight lines and simple geometric shapes forming boxlike sculptures which has volume. Richard Serra's installations usally consist of rusted steel sheets. He usually bends them and places them upright. His most known sculpture is the "Tilted ... collapse. In his other work "Torqued Ellipses", he has several steel sheets transformed into ellipses. These ellipses, as seen in the picture to the right, are not closed to full ge...

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... the object exactly as it was in the real world. When people began exploring African art they became fascinated with the way that it stood out. African art had strong geometric shapes and solid lines, this fascinated many artists in Europe who were becoming tired with traditional European arts. When explorers first brought the pieces back to Europe Missionaries displayed the work ... the artists who experimented and liked the way African art portrayed things were Geaorges Braque, Henri Matisse, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Pablo Picasso. Many of Pablo's paintings are known for geometric shap...

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... the entire picture's space in a whole new way. Basically, he painted in a way that made the canvas surface seem raised, which produced a different effect. He did this by using geometrical shapes- the cone, cylinder, cube, and others- as building blocks for the objects he painted. It is easier to synthesize the three hundred and fifty years separating Impressionism from the High ... I like. He has been called a master thief'. But what he takes he conforms into his own pure ingeniousity (Lamplight 4). The ideas of Cézanne amazed Picasso in that the different shapes gave so many possibili...

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... . Subtractive techniques were used to carve the gypsum or limestone figures. Also the individuals are depicted as contemporary people who would have been apart of society. The gestures, poses, circular geometric shapes, and attributes of the men and women portrayed, reveal the symbolic and realistic properties that embodied Sumerian society. The detailed characteristics that define each of the Eshnunna statuettes are evident ... ...

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... 's and 1960's, Mason belonged to a group of free-form or abstract expressionists. His early work consisted of pieces that were massive and energetic. Mason's huge, rough pots, walls, monumental rectangles, "x" shapes and crosses are a testament to his vitality and artistry. Mason created sculpture with little regard to utility and function, focusing mainly on form and elasticity of the clay. He used ... and depth of form. Throughout the 1980's until the present, Mason has twisted geometry around in his series of Torque vessels. He wed the vibrancy of his early work to geometric restraint...

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... low. Contrast can be achieved through use of elements such as value (light against dark), shape (large against small, geometric against organic) (ames.k12.ia.us). It can be seen in areas where the brush strokes can be distinguish or with shapes. Does the scale of the forms seems appropriate to the setting? Scale is the relation of one thing to another ... ...

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