Mask, also known as "kifwebe," at the Fitchburg Art Museum is a face mask hung on the wall in very high relief, it is meant to be viewed from the front as well as both the sides but the back is kept from being seen. ... Many different shades of dark pigments are used on the mask and the lines created by the different colors on one side of the mask perfectly match with the colored lines on the other side. Curved lines and half ovals are the predominant shapes used on the mask. ... All the lines used in the piece are smooth and precise. ... The surface of the mask while not jagged is bumpy and n...

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The Mayan Temple can be described as a perfect example of the utilization of geometric lines. ... To understand his point you need to view the painting from the right hand side and make the assumption that the front on the temple is under shade and the back is being lighted by perhaps the sunlight. Both front and back of the temple have bilateral symmetry. The lines used in this artwork makes up a pattern. ... Unlike the Mayan Temple there are not lines in this artwork, instead there is a representational abstract where the artist's intent is to allow the viewer to see a moment of chao...

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The lines depicted throughout the front and bottom of the painting for the animals, are thin with minimal stokes. Whereas the background of the painting is bigger brush stokes to create thick lines which also helps show movement where the clouds appear to be moving and reshaping. There are many curved lines within the animals, such as the birds have almost a triangular body and wings, which also show movement as they are flying across the painting. ... The implied motion is shown throughout, as stated before, with the curved lines for all of the wings in the upper middle portion of the canvas,...

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The painting is painted with receding perspective lines in the near edge of the canvas protruding thoroughly balanced towards the left center. ... The giant warship takes up ¼ of the painting on the far left front but its light cool colors offset it to balance with the group embarking on the canal ride. ... And the perspective lines point right to the rich group. ... Especially right in front of the boat where the steps from the palace lead to the banks of the canal. ...

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Most of the implied lines of the painting start at the people's eyes and work there way towards the lake. There are other implied lines in the painting that still start from the eyes of people, but are directed towards other people. ... The vanishing point of the painting goes the completely opposite direction at most of the implied lines. ... People and things in the back of the picture are able to look like they are further away by making them look like there's haze around them and painting them smaller than the people and things in front of them. ... It may not be like the old...

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With pastels, the harshness of the lines is softened, giving the painting a more inviting feel. ... The people in the painting have their ordinary, everyday life on display to everyone that walks past their front yard. ...

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The police line up contains black lines and numbers with shades of gray in the background, while all of the clear, white text on the bottom third has black surrounding it. ... The three doubled objects are positioned in front of a police line up, which is a place that most people do not want to be in their life time. ...

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