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Davis Art Images Supplemental Image Set
Exploring
Visual Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2
Shape and Form
1. Songye People, Congo,
Kifwebe Mask, 20th century,
wood, pigment and hair,
height: 50.8 cm (20")
©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
2. Rudolf Steiner, Second Götheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 1924-1928
Photo © Davis Art Images
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2
Shape and Form
3. Artus Van Briggle,
Blue vase, 1902, pottery
molded and glazed,
height: 11 cm (4 5/16")
Unknown Private Collection,
Photo © Davis Art Images
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Geometric shapes
4. Theo van Doesburg, Composition (The Cow), c1917, oil on canvas,
37.5 x 63.5 cm (14 3/4 x 25") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Geometric shapes
5. Robert Mills, 228 9th
Street residence,
Philadelphia, 1890
Photo © Davis Art Images
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Organic shapes
6. Eero Aarnio, Gyro Chair, 1968, fiberglass, 53.3 x 93.3 x 93.3 cm
(21 1/4 x 37 1/4 X 37 1/4") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Organic shapes
7. Nancy Graves, ExtendExpand, 1983, bronze with
polychromed patina, 216 x
130 x 85 cm (86 1/2 x 52 x
34") ©The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Exploring
Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of
Design
Chapter 2
Shape and Form
Curved shapes
8. Ludwig Mies
van der Rohe, MR
Armchair, 1927,
chrome-plated steel
tubing and leather,
78.7 x 51.9 x 81.9
cm (31 x 20 3/8 x
32 1/4") © The
Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Angular shapes
9. Cathey Billian, Two Towers (Bound Bundles), 1981, hemlock pine lava copper
and sand, 1500 x 2700 x 400 cm (50 x 90 x 13 1/3') Battery Park, New York City, Photo
© Davis Art Images
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Positive and negative shapes
10. Hokuryô, Pine and Rising Sun, 1818-1830, hanging scroll, ink and color on
paper, image: 29.4 x 47.5 cm (11 9/16 x 18 11/16") ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Positive and negative
shapes
11. Henry Moore, Large
Torso Arch, 1962-1963,
bronze, 198 x 150 x 130 cm
(79 1/4 x 60 x 52")
©The Museum of Modern Art,
New York
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Positive and negative shapes
12. Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro series, #10: They were very
poor, 1940-1941, tempera on composition board, 31 x 46 cm (12 3/8 x 18 1/4")
©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Light shapes
13. Albert Bierstadt,
Yosemite Falls, 1865-1870,
oil on canvas, 91 x 66 cm
(35 7/8 x 26 1/8")
©Worcester Art Museum,
Worcester, Mass.
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Heavy shapes
14. China, Kneeling
Camel, from the Sacred
Way, Valley of Thirteen
Tombs, marble Photo ©
Davis Art Images
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Textured shapes
15. Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936, fur-covered cup saucer and spoon,
cup diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16"), saucer diameter: 24 cm (9 1/2"), spoon
length: 20 cm (7 7/8") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Smooth shapes
16. Charles Eames, Chair,
1950, fiberglass and metal, 75 x
63.2 x 61.5 cm ©Cleveland
Museum of Art, Gift of Mr and Mrs
Donald Kest
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Textured shapes
17. Ancient Egypt, Ay, Fan
Bearer, c1360 BCE, plaster
on limestone, polychromed,
34.5 x 22.3 x 5.3 cm (13 3/4
x 8 15/16 x 2 1/8”)
©Worcester Art Museum,
Worcester, Mass.
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Dynamic shapes
18. Michael Hayden, The Sky's The Limit, underground pedestrian tunnel,
O'Hare Airport, Chicago, oblique general view towards satellite terminal, 1988
Photo © Oliver Radford
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Static shapes
19. Ancient Egypt, Block
Statue of Ay, from Sumenu,
c1327-1323 BCE, limestone,
47 x 25 x 31 cm (18 1/2 x 9
15/16 x 12 3/16")
© Brooklyn Museum of Art,
Brooklyn, NY
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and
Form
Static shapes
20. Katsushika Hokusai,
The Poetic Immortal Bunya
no Yasuhide, c1834, color
woodblock print on paper,
22 x 16.3 cm (8 11/16 x 6
7/16") ©Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 Shape and Form Dynamic shapes
21. Winslow Homer, Cadet Hop at West Point, from "Harper's Weekly,”
September 3, 1859, wood engraving on paper, 22.8 x 35.5 cm (9 1/8 x 14 1/4")
©Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Exploring
Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements
of Design
Chapter 2
Shape and Form
Form and light
22. Everett
Shinn, Dancer in
White Before the
Footlights, 1910,
retouched 1952,
oil on canvas, 89
x 100 cm (35 1/2
x 40") ©Butler
Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, OH
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Form and light
23. Frank Duveneck, The
Old Professor, 1871, oil on
canvas, 60.96 x 48.26 cm
(24 1/4 x 19 1/4") ©Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston
Exploring Visual
Design
Part 1
The Elements of Design
Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Form and light
24. Dox Thrash, Mary Lou,
1936-1939, carbograph on
paper, 25 x 18 cm (10 x 7
1/8") ©Philadelphia Museum of
Art, Gift of E.M. Benson
Exploring
Visual Design
Part 1
The
Elements of Design
Chapter 2
Shape and Form
Form and light
25. Dan Flavin, Untitled
installation, 1968,
fluorescent lights and
metal fixtures, 63.5 x
63.5 x 14.6 cm (25 x 25
x 5 3/4") ©The Museum
of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1 The Elements of Design,
Chapter 2 shape and Form Studio experience - Shape Collage
26. Henri Matisse, Plate XIV (pages 98 and 99) from "Jazz": The
Cowboy,1943-1947, silkscreen from painted, cut and pasted paper collage,
pages: 42 x 64.1 cm (16 5/8 x 25 5/8") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exploring Visual Design, Part 1 The Elements of Design, Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Exploring Visual Design
Part 1
Set 116C
The Elements of Design, 2 -- Shape and Form
1.
Songye People, Congo, Kifwebe Mask, 20th century, wood, pigment and hair, height: 50.8 cm (20") ©Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston MFAB-745
2.
Rudolf Steiner, Second Götheanum, Dornach, Switzerland, 1924-1928 Photo © Davis Art Images 26165
3.
Artus Van Briggle, Blue vase, 1902, pottery molded and glazed, height: 11 cm (4 5/16") Unknown Private Collection,
Photo © Davis Art Images 7934
Geometric shapes
4.
Theo van Doesburg, Composition (The Cow), c1917, oil on canvas, 37.5 x 63.5 cm (14 3/4 x 25") ©The Museum of
Modern Art, New York MOMA-P0157
Geometric shapes
5.
Robert Mills, 228 9th Street residence, Philadelphia, 1890 Photo © Davis Art Images 14709
Organic shapes
6.
Eero Aarnio, Gyro Chair, 1968, fiberglass, 53.3 x 93.3 x 93.3 cm (21 1/4 x 37 1/4 X 37 1/4") ©The Museum of
Modern Art, New York MOMA-D0234
Organic shapes
7.
Nancy Graves, Extend-Expand, 1983, bronze with polychromed patina, 216 x 130 x 85 cm (86 1/2 x 52 x 34")
©The Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA-S1025
Exploring Visual Design, Part 1 The Elements of Design, Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Curved shapes
8.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, MR Armchair, 1927, chrome-plated steel tubing and leather, 78.7 x 51.9 x 81.9 cm (31 x
20 3/8 x 32 1/4") © The Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA-D0174
Angular shapes
9.
Cathey Billian, Two Towers (Bound Bundles), 1981, hemlock pine lava copper and sand, 1500 x 2700 x 400 cm (50 x
90 x 13 1/3') Battery Park, New York City, Photo © Davis Art Images 27719
Positive and negative shapes
10.
Hokuryô, Pine and Rising Sun, 1818-1830, hanging scroll, ink and color on paper, image: 29.4 x 47.5 cm (11 9/16 x
18 11/16") ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MFAB-882
Positive and negative shapes
11.
Henry Moore, Large Torso Arch, 1962-1963, bronze, 198 x 150 x 130 cm (79 1/4 x 60 x 52") ©The Museum of
Modern Art, New York MOMA-S1052
Positive and negative shapes
12.
Jacob Lawrence, The Migration of the Negro series, #10: They were very poor, 1940-1941, tempera on composition
board, 31 x 46 cm (12 3/8 x 18 1/4") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA-P1544
Light shapes
13.
Albert Bierstadt, Yosemite Falls, 1865-1870, oil on canvas, 91 x 66 cm (35 7/8 x 26 1/8") ©Worcester Art Museum,
Worcester, Mass. WAM-40
Heavy shapes
14.
China, Kneeling Camel, from the Sacred Way, Valley of Thirteen Tombs, marble Photo © Davis Art Images 27640
Exploring Visual Design, Part 1 The Elements of Design, Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Textured shapes
15.
Meret Oppenheim, Object, 1936, fur-covered cup saucer and spoon, cup diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16"), saucer diameter:
24 cm (9 1/2"), spoon length: 20 cm (7 7/8") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA-S0108
Smooth shapes
16.
Charles Eames, Chair, 1950, fiberglass and metal, 75 x 63.2 x 61.5 cm ©Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr and
Mrs Donald Kest CL-570
Textured shapes
17.
Ancient Egypt, Ay, Fan Bearer, c1360 BCE, plaster on limestone, polychromed, 34.5 x 22.3 x 5.3 cm (13 3/4 x 8
15/16 x 2 1/8”) ©Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass. WAM-213
Dynamic shapes
18.
Michael Hayden, The Sky's The Limit, underground pedestrian tunnel, O'Hare Airport, Chicago, oblique general view
towards satellite terminal, 1988 Photo © Oliver Radford RAD-126
Static shapes
19.
Ancient Egypt, Block Statue of Ay, from Sumenu, c1327-1323 BCE, limestone, 47 x 25 x 31 cm (18 1/2 x 9 15/16 x
12 3/16") © Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY BMA-570
Static shapes
20.
Katsushika Hokusai, The Poetic Immortal Bunya no Yasuhide, c1834, color woodblock print on paper, 22 x 16.3 cm
(8 11/16 x 6 7/16") ©Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MFAB-1005
Dynamic shapes
21.
Winslow Homer, Cadet Hop at West Point, from "Harper's Weekly,” September 3, 1859, wood engraving on paper,
22.8 x 35.5 cm (9 1/8 x 14 1/4") ©Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH BIAA-203
Exploring Visual Design, Part 1 The Elements of Design, Chapter 2 Shape and Form
Form and light
22.
Everett Shinn, Dancer in White Before the Footlights, 1910, retouched 1952, oil on canvas, 89 x 100 cm (35 1/2 x
40") ©Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH BIAA-37
Form and light
23.
Frank Duveneck, The Old Professor, 1871, oil on canvas, 60.96 x 48.26 cm (24 1/4 x 19 1/4") ©Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston MFAB-323
Form and light
24.
Dox Thrash, Mary Lou, 1936-1939, carbograph on paper, 25 x 18 cm (10 x 7 1/8") ©Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift
of E.M. Benson PMA-2728
Form and light
25.
Dan Flavin, Untitled installation, 1968, fluorescent lights and metal fixtures, 63.5 x 63.5 x 14.6 cm (25 x 25 x 5 3/4")
©The Museum of Modern Art, New York MOMA-S0513
Studio experience -- Shape Collage
26.
Henri Matisse, Plate XIV (pages 98 and 99) from "Jazz": The Cowboy,1943-1947, silkscreen from painted, cut and
pasted paper collage, pages: 42 x 64.1 cm (16 5/8 x 25 5/8") ©The Museum of Modern Art, New York
MOMA-P2787