![]() ![]() You’ll find another line repeated on the picture, the roman arch. Does the line suggest movement or stillness? Vertical lines don’t seem to move, do they?Įdward Hopper’s House by the Railroad uses both of the quiet lines: the horizontal and the vertical. Look around you to find examples of this line. Let’s take a look at another line, the vertical line. The clouds are also at a strong diagonal - these are clouds that are on the move! How many other diagonals can you find in the picture? Notice how much more action is in this painting because the boat is set at a diagonal. Look at what the diagonal line does to another painting by Homer, The Fog Warning. If a building is standing like this line, would you stand next to the side toward which it is leaning? When we run, we lean in the direction we are going. If a tree is standing at a diagonal, it might be ready to fall. Try standing like the diagonal line and see how long you stay upright! We associate diagonal lines with action for good reason. Something is going to happen between the people sitting on the quiet beach! And both people are leaning, if ever so slightly. Notice how the clouds are all at a diagonal. The beach, the line in the water, and the distant horizon all use the horizontal line.īut notice that Homer can’t resist adding another line, a diagonal line, to liven up the picture. It’s such a quiet line that few paintings use it: the line just doesn’t add much excitement to a picture! Winslow Homer uses the line in his painting, Moonlight, 1874, to create a quiet beach scene. People make the line when they are asleep.Ī log makes the line when it is lying on the ground. When, in ordinary life, do you see this line? Here are a few examples to get you started: The language of lines is easy to understand we use the language every day - whether we realize it or not - to analyze the world around us. Lines give important clues about the emotion the painter is trying to convey. Have you ever wished there was an easy tool you would use to understand the world of art and painting? If you have, try this: look for the lines that organize the painting.
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