Visual Literacy Quiz 4

Line

Simplest graphic unit

Handwriting

Pressure-sensitive; gestural; intimate

Impersonal Line

Unvarying; mechanical; intellect-signifier

Material & Line Qualities

Line affected by material used

Implied Line

Direction established by gestalt (good continuation)

Line as Edge

Sense of linear edge of shape; can have feathered transitions

Line & Three-Dimensional Form

Line can strengthen 3-D form, actual or illusion

Movement Cues

> Directed Tension

> Movement & Change

> Vertical/Horiztonal/Diagonal

> Stroboscopic Motion

> Time

Directed Tension

Gives motion; often diagonals

Movement & Change

Essentially a gradient; orderly profession enhances change

Vertical/Horizontal/Diagonal

Vertical/horizontal = still; diagonal = motion; playing off against each other

Stroboscopic Motion

Overlapping gradient

Time

Visual devices to imply the passage of time; e.g. comic strip, multiple images, left to right

Value & Light

Achromatic (colorless); use of blue to give illusion of lightV

Value as Light/Comparing Values

Use context and comparison to make judgements

Weight of Value

Darker = heavier; clustering marks (like text gives darker value)

Value Ketes

Music analogy; high/low

Space & Volume

Tonal gradient gives sense of volume

Transparency & Reflection

Values can create illusions of transparency or projected light

> If layer decreases light = subtractive

> If layer lightens = additive