AD 12500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sandpaper, Terrazzo

• School: Purdue University
• Department: Art & Design
• Course: AD 12500
• Professor: barbyoung

Document Summary

The surfaces are smooth the forms and textures are artificial: a strong relationship exists between the tactile sense of touching and the visual sense of seeing. People respond to seeing something by wanting to feel it: textural qualities are further classified as soft or hard, rough or smooth, dull or shiny, dark or light. Perception of texture can be influenced by the quality of light and how the form or surface reflects or absorbs the light. Smooth, hard surfaces will reflect and magnify sound, whereas soft, uneven, rough surfaces will absorb it: the integrity of materials is directly related to the quality of textures and how they are used. Most people appreciate the natural quality of wood, its texture, and its pattern.