Point

A point is the most basic elements of art. It can be either stated or implied, but it is real and actual—even if it's implied.

• In visual art, a point can be a visible dot, or an invisible location where lines converge such as a vanishing point, or it can be a focus such as the focal point. A point can also an specific place or part, such as a frame in a movie or a page in a picture book.
• In audible art, a point is a place in time marked by a note or silence such as a quarter note 3 seconds into the piece, the beginning of the tenth measure, or the silence at the end of the second movement.
• In written art, a point is a place in the story where something happens such as the climactic point, a turning point, or the starting point.

Two or more points make up a line, the subject of our next lesson.