rectilinear

(adjective)

In a straight line.

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Examples of rectilinear in the following topics:

  • Deconstructivism

    • It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, and non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of architecture, such as structure and envelope.

  • American Art Deco Architecture

    • The Art Deco style is often characterized by its use of rich colors, symmetry, bold geometric shapes, simple composition, rectilinear rather than curvilinear shapes, and lavish ornamentation.

  • Dogon Sculpture

    • Signs of other contacts and origins are evident in Dogon art; the Dogon people were not the first inhabitants of the area, and influence from the Tellem, or the people who inhabited the region in Mali between the 11th and 16th centuries CE, is evident in the use of rectilinear designs.

  • Tiwanaku and Wari

    • Tiwanaku art consisted of legible, outlined figures depicted in curvilinear style with a naturalistic manner, while Wari art used the same symbols in a more abstract, rectilinear style with a militaristic manner.

  • Dogon

    • Influence from Tellem art is evident in Dogon art because of its rectilinear designs.

  • Linear Perspective and Three-Dimensional Space

    • Because vanishing points exist only when parallel lines are present in the scene, a perspective with no vanishing points ("zero-point") occurs if the viewer is observing a non-rectilinear scene.

  • Modern Architecture

    • IBM Plaza (right), by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is a later example of the clean rectilinear lines and glass of the International Style, whereas Marina City, (left), by his student Bertrand Goldberg, reflects a more sculptural Mid-Century Modern aesthetic.

  • Roman Architecture under the Republic

    • They are also usually rectilinear, and the interiors consist of at least one cella, which contained a cult statue.

  • Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

    • Most temples were rectilinear in shape and stood on a raised stone platform, known as the stylobates, which usually had two or three stairs.

  • Neolithic Monuments

    • The carvings are separated into 10 categories consisting of curvilinear forms like circles, spirals, arcs, serpentiforms, and dot-in-circles, as well as rectilinear examples such as chevrons, lozenges, radials, parallel lines, and offsets.