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Line Terminology

Active, Passive, Organic, Geometric, Stroke, Weight, Rythmic, Parallel, Perpendicular,

Diagonal, Emotional, Implied, Vertical, Horizontal, Outline, Contour,--- Fat,Thin, Wavy, Dotted, Dashed, Curvy, Squiggly, Jagged, Rounded, Sharp, Smooth, Hard, Soft, Straight, Crooked, Textured, Flowing, Smudged, Solid...      

Piet Mondrian

A line is a mark made with a moving tool. The tool may or may not have a point.

MONDRIAN was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, which was founded by Theo van Doesburg. He evolved a non-representationalform which he termed neoplasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors

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