Triangles And Art

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Triangles And Art

• By John Henry Jackson

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Triangular Human Forms

• In ancient times (prehistory), people used
  triangular shapes to represent human bodies.
  These forms appeared in petroglyphs (rock
  carvings) at Buffalo Eddy at Snake River, in
  paintings from Warli Paintings from India, and in
  carvings and paintings of the American Plains
  Indians.

Petroglyphs at Snake River
Warli Painting
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Triangles in Art

• Triangles are used in
• Sculptures
• Windows
• Architecture
• Tiling
• Sketches
• Paintings
• Jewelry
• Warning Signs

• The typical triangles that are used in art are
  equilateral/equiangular and right triangles.
• Triangles in art are used for stability (mainly
  in architecture), as a simple shape, and to
  arouse interest in something (especially
  paintings, sketches, sculptures, etc.)
• Triangles are used to stabilize objects, to draw
  attention to something, and often as a simpler
  alternative to a circular or roundish shape.

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Picture Bibliography

• http//www.digitalartsphotography.com/artstore/ida
  ho_washington_oregon_art_photos/idaho20-20buffal
  o20eddy20petroglyphs20b.htm
• http//www.maharashtratourism.net/art-craft/warli-
  painting.html
• http//www.luxuryhousingtrends.com/archive/2006/09
  /bathroom-tile-i/
• http//www.greenrmedia.co.uk/index.php/2010/09/car
  -art-petrol-fashioned-monsters/
• http//www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/docs/health/hands/test/p
  assport.htm