Three-dimensional artworks

Do both two- and three-dimensional artworks require the same elements of design to achieve a good composition ... 

When we look at a painting or read a book, the surface we are looking at is flat. If we look out the window or view a sculpture or a piece of pottery, we are looking at something in three dimensions (or 3-D). Three-dimensional artwork might be solid and massive, or it might be linear, or it might be a combination of both massive and linear parts. 

The Old Guitarist, Pablo Picasso, 1903 Eight Bells, Winslow Homer, 1886 Whaam, Roy Lichtenstein, 1963 Boy in Red Vest, Paul Cezanne, 1890-1895 A Ballet Seen from an Opera Box, Edgar Degas, 1885 The Card Players, Paul Cezanne, 1892 Three-Dimensional Artwork... 

Students will identify different characteristics of line as seen in example reproductions of professional two- and three-dimensional artwork and in the film. 

Since all molecules are three-dimensional, they cannot properly be shown in the plane of the paper. This third dimensionality is sometimes indicated by extraheavy lines or three-dimensional artwork (configurational formula) as in this representation of an ethanol molecule ... 

Research three-dimensional works of art that resemble the atomic packing arrangements of crystalline solids and explain the artwork in terms of the structures of crystalline solids. 

The models prepared in Activity 4.1 have the properties of a solid and linear three-dimensional work of art. The toothpicks give the work a linear look and the Styrofoam balls provide mass. The closer the atoms, ions, or molecules are packed, the more the artwork appears to be solid and massive, not linear. 

Students will discuss the differences and similarities in the four bonding structures of crystalline solids using the three-dimensional clay artwork. 

Mainly linear. If the periodic table is transformed into a spiral sculpture, it would be mainly solid. If a mobile periodic table is created, a linear, three-dimensional work of art would result. Famous artworks that resemble a mobile periodic table are the Alexander Calder mobiles. A good example is Untitled at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Two red metal pieces represent the s elements, and six black metal pieces represent the p elements. 

Most organic molecules are three-dimensional structures, best viewed and represented in solid molecular models. The necessity of using paper requires pictures that show depth, as perspective does in artwork and photography. The mere projection onto the plane of the paper, as in the shadow of a molecular model, loses the real difference between left- and right-handed structures. The best alternative on paper is a stereo pair of pictures as exemplified in Figure 3.1. The image on the left is for your left eye and... 

The design motif for this book cover consists of some examples of molecules discussed in the chapters floating above a representation of water, land, and sky. The artwork was provided by David H. Lipnick, a student in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and the three-dimensional chemical structures generated by Robert L. Lipnick. 

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