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Gallery Hunt: Shape

Gallery Hunt: Shape
  • Type: Gallery Hunt
  • Collection: African Art, American Art, Ancient Art, Art Deco & Art Nouveau
  • Culture/Region: Africa, America, Rome
  • Subject Area: Visual Arts
  • Grade Level: Pre-K-12, college, adult, family

Artists use shapes, both geometric and organic, to create works of art. Geometric shapes are regular and have names you recognize like circle, square, triangle, rectangle, and oval. Organic shapes are usually irregular, occur in nature, and don’t always have names. Explore the galleries and see how artists used different shapes!

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