{"id":113240,"date":"2022-06-22T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=113240"},"modified":"2022-06-23T14:32:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T13:32:43","slug":"beyond-a-line-line-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=113240","title":{"rendered":"Beyond a Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lines are practically everywhere you look. Picture the silhouettes of skyscrapers as the sun sets on the horizon. Or the diagonal slants and horizontal lines that make up the letters \u201cA\u201d and \u201cZ\u201d in our alphabet. You cannot turn your head without seeing lines in some form. As common as they are, it can be easy to ignore lines, but should we? Artists think not. Read more in Beyond a Line<\/em> to discover how lines have found their way into the art of yesterday, today and tomorrow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Gordon Johnson<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lines were perfect for our artsy ancestors, as the oldest human drawing on record is a hash-tag-like symbol made from six parallel lines crossed by three slightly curved lines. Some 73,000 years<\/a> ago in what is now South Africa, the symbol was doodled on a flake of rock roughly the size of a house key. Other hashtag-like drawings have been found at early human sites in Australia and France. This has led some researchers to believe the lines were used as a sign, but no one knows for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, lines can act as an entry point for understanding complex subjects. Before fashion designers ever touch a needle, many draw line art or sketches of a potential design to help visualize it. A skilled hand can capture the sweep of a long dress or the puffy frills on a skirt using lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lefthand image by GoldenViolinist<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image by Loke_Artemis<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists have taken advantage of the potential of lines and turned them into works of art. Piet Mondrian was an abstract artist who used vertical and horizontal lines to create shapes. Mondrian believed <\/a>that his work could serve as a universal language that captured the forces of nature and human experience. His iconic Red, Blue and Yellow <\/em>painting is built around strong bold black lines that create a grid made up of horizontal and vertical lines. Art critics have praised its composition for having a harmony of contrasts that work together to show beauty in dynamic forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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