Shape and form (visual arts)

In the visual arts, shape is a flat, enclosed area of an artwork created through lines, textures, or colours, or an area enclosed by other shapes, such as triangles, circles, and squares.

Geometric shapes are precise edged and mathematically consistent curves,[citation needed] they are pure forms and so consist of circles, squares, spirals, triangles, while geometric forms are simple volumes, such as cubes, cylinders, and pyramids.

These shapes and organic forms visually suggest the natural world of animals, plants, sky, sea, etc...

The addition of organic shapes to a composition dominated by geometric structures can add unpredictable energy.

[5] Nothing is actually geometric, but can be interpreted as such by breaking it down to shapes that, when put together, form a recognizable silhouette.