Glossary
Line
The fundamental structural essence of a design: the directional pathway created by material placement that gives a design its skeleton and guides the movement of the eye.
“Line is both an element and, through its systems, a compositional architecture. An implied line can be the dominant line in a design even though it has no physical existence.”
In geometric terms, line is simply the distance between two points. In floral design it imparts structure and a sense of movement. Lines are classified by type (actual or implied), by expressive quality (active or passive), by visual behaviour (static or dynamic), and at a higher order by the system they form (radial, parallel, diagonal, winding, overlapping). Line is both an element and, through its systems, a compositional architecture.
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