Line

Compare and contrast the use of line in the works of Vincent van Gogh and Sol LeWitt. How do the different types of lines affect how you read the artwork (omit color, texture, composition and content, and just evaluate according to the types of lines each artist used).

Vincent van Gogh and Sol Lewitt both used lines in their artwork.  But they both used them a little different.  Sol LeWitt used lines by mathematical terms.  Everything was so geometrical.  Every line had a place.  Also, Sol Lewitt's work was so colorful and fun.  There was not really a mood behind them just the intelligence.  

I noticed with Vincent van Gogh's work there was more of a flow.  Lines were placed in groups but not geometrically found.  They were placed to create images such as landscapes and portraits.  His paintings had more of a mood.  When you look at his work you can feel the emotion in his work.  Also, some of van Gogh's artwork is abstract.  While Sol LeWitt's work is more, like I said before, geometrical.  In the texture of the work of Vincent van Gogh some of his lines look almost three dimensional, as if they were just laid down.  

One thing I thought was cool, was that when I was reading about Sol LeWitt, I saw that he liked to refer to his paintings as "sculptures".  I think him calling them sculptures could make us look at his art work in an abstract way.  He turned his drawings three demensional.  They look as if they were just placed on a piece of paper.

Responses:

"I agree the way LeWitt describes them as sculptures definitely could lead people to look at them as more abstract and they do appear that way compared to Van Gogh's."

"Made me wonder, what if you combined the two artist and made a strong popping environment, something beyond comprehension (4rth dimension). nonethelss, good job, definately made me think about perfect their artwork was; as well as their desire."