Exam 1: Line, Shape, and the Principle of Contrast

Thinking of what you have learned about the communicative qualities of line,why might Carolyn Davidson have made the choices she did when designing the Nike logo? Find two other logos and explain how they use communicative line to express the values of an organization.

In Noma Bar's poster image Gun Crime,which shape dominates,the positive or the negative? Why?

In James Allen's etching The Connectors,an image of workers erecting the Empire State Building,the artist created a feeling of great height by using ________ line to lead the viewer's eye diagonally downward.

The Nazca Lines are engraved into the surface of the earth,but the image can only be seen from above.Since this artwork was made before man had the ability to hover above the Earth,what reasons might the artist(s)have had for creating this work?