"Line" has many definitions. One definition of a line is a visible mark made by an artistic tool, such as a crayon, moved across a surface, such as paper (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 135). They can be used is many ways, and they have their own personality (2009). Lines can be straight, curved, zigzag, or wiggly. They can be jagged or smooth, or patterned or irregular (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 135).
The reason I chose this art word of the week is because it was the first word to come to mind when I saw this particular type of food in the grocery store. The food I am referring to is pasta. Although it is said that nature does not produce lines, it produces edges (Schirmaccher & Fox, 2009, p. 135), pasta is many representations of a line to me. It can also be looked at as a visible line made by an artistic tool, such as a pasta machine :p! Anyways, Just as there are many definitions for the word line, and also many types of lines, there are also many types of pasta as well. There is pasta that is straight, squiggly, curvy, flat, thick, and thin. Here is a list of 15 different types of pasta found on the website: http://www.essortment.com/types-pasta-41750.html . Each type has a description beside it, which can give you an idea what lines they could represent. The words that are in bold are the words that made it easiest for me to relate these pastas to lines.
1.) Conchiglie : Ridged tiny shells the size of lentils.
2.) Cresti di gallo: curved shape, brown in colour.
3.) Ditali/ ditalini: Short tubes similar to macaroni
4.) Eliche: Loose spirals.
5.) Farfalle: Bows used as an interesting shape for pasta and sauce dishes.
6.) Fettuccine: Medium ribbons
7.) Fusilli: Long twists often used in desserts and sweet dishes.
8.) Gemelli: Two pieces wrapped together to look like ying yang twins.
9.) Lasagne: Sheets of flat rectangular pasta
10.) Linguini: Long flat ribbons similar to fettuccini.
11.) Lumache: Snail-shaped shells
12.) Lumaconi: Big shells often used for fillings
13.) Macaroni: Long or short cut tubes, a favourite with cheese sauce.
14.) Orecchiette: Ear-shaped
15.) Penne: Quill shaped small pasta
16.) Rigatoni: Thick ridged tubes
17.) Spaghetti: Fine or medium rods
18.) Tagliarini: Thin ribbons19.) Tagliatelle: broad ribbons
20.) Vermicelli: Fine pasta, usually folded into skeins and stuffed/fille
As you can see, there are many types of pastas. To compare a few in detail the most common ones are spaghetti, macaroni, and lasagna. Spaghetti are usually long pieces of pasta which look like long straight line, and can be either thin or medium in thickness. The main color is the wheat/beige color, but all pastas can be colored. I have not seen spaghetti colored in any restaurant or grocery store before though. Macaroni are generally short tubes which can be curved at times (as they are in Kraft dinner products, or children food products). Their colors are also generally a wheat/beige color, and usually change only because of the sauce poured over it, such as cheese for macaroni and cheese (like in Kraft Dinners), or red for a tomato sauce (sometimes with ground beef). Lasagna are large, flat , rectangular pieces of pasta which are usually used to make dishes called lasagna. The large, flat surfaces are used to cover or sandwich a variety of ingredients such as tomato sauce, cottage cheese, mozzarella and/or cheddar cheese, and ground beef and/or vegetables. Finally, I will leave you off with a sketch I have drawn of different types of pasta (to the upper left :P), which I have labelled. Pay attention to the different lines used so that you can try to relate pasta to lines, just as I have :)!
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