The most successful drawings and prints make full use of the various line styles
discussed in Chapter 1 of Launching the Imagination. Visit the Metropolitan
Museum of Art Collection of Drawings and Prints (http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=9).
This page showcases artworks by some of the most prolific artists of the last
600 years. Look at each of the images and consider the following questions. a) Locate an image that makes strong use of implied lines, one that uses contour
lines and one that uses gestural lines. Do you think that the artist made the
best possible stylistic decisions when selecting that particular type of line?
Why or why not? b) Locate images that exemplify the creative use of shape. Did the artist use
organic or geometric shapes? Are there any shape relationships in the image? | 
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