VDA - Design (Part 1/2)

The creation and organization of formal elements in a work of art

• Design

• Form

• Shape

• Texture

The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material

• Design

• Form

• Line

• Texture

The edge or contour of a shape

• Design

• Form

• Line

• Texture

The outline or surface configuration of a particular form or figure

• Design

• Line

• Shape

• Texture

The visual and esp. tactile quality of a surface, apart from its color or form

• Design

• Shape

• Line

• Texture

The apparent texture of a surface resulting from the combination and interrelation of colors and tonal values

• Visual texture

• Tactile texture

The physical, dimensional structure of a surface, apart from its color or form

• Visual texture

• Tactile texture

Of or pertaining to shapes and forms having irregular contours that appear to resemble those of living plants or animals

• Organic

• Nonobjective

• Geometric

• Abstract

Of or pertaining to shapes and forms not representing natural or actual objects. Also, nonrepresentational

• Organic

• Nonobjective

• Geometric

• Abstract

Of or pertaining to shapes and forms that resemble or employ the simple rectilinear or curvilinear elements of geometry

• Organic

• Nonobjective

• Geometric

• Abstract