Shape and Form

Shape - A two dimensional area with recognizable

boundary

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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

Ground - A shape that seems to be underneath or

surrounding a figure, also referred to as a negative

shape



M.C. Escher, Circle Limit IV, 1960

Foreshortening - A method of making an object seem to recede

in space and appear three-dimensional by shortening the

depth dimension



Andrea Mantegna, Dead Christ, c. 1490

Organic - shapes and forms that are irregular,

such as those often found in nature: leaves, stones,

clouds



Geometric - shapes and forms that are usually found in things made by people, such as buildings, bridges,

and office machines



Edward Hopper, House by the Railroad, 1925

Closed - shapes and forms that seem solid and heavy



Isamu Noguchi, Great Rock of Inner Seeking, 1974

Open - shapes and forms that have space around

and between them

Kano Sansetsu, The Old Plum, c. 1645

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



Camille Jacob Pissarro, The Boulevard Montmarte on a Winter Morning, 1897

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