SHAPE

Shape is…

• FLAT or 2-Dimensional

• When it looks 3-Dimensional, it becomes FORM (a different element of art)

Shape Form

Organic Geometric

Organic Geometric• Free form

• Found in nature

• Edges never perfectly straight

• Hard to measure

• Straight-edge

• Made with a tool

• Easy to measure the area or circumference

Organic Geometric

“When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it”

-Jacob Lawrence

What do you see?

Title: General Toussaint L'Ouverture

Artist: Jacob Lawrence

Year: 1938

Medium: Tempera paint

Where is it? Amistad Research Center, New Orleans

More about L’Ouverture: http://www.a-r-t.com/lawrence/LouvertureWeb/index.htm#portfolio

Jacob Lawrence

• American Artist

• Started drawing at 13 yrs.

• Cubism style

• “Post Harlem Renaissance” Era

Jacob Lawrence is a “Story Painter”• Inspired by important events in the history of

African-American’s struggle for equality.