Texture


 * **Definition of Texture[[image:i.jpg width="174" height="135" align="left"]] **
 * **Definition of Texture[[image:i.jpg width="174" height="135" align="left"]] **

Texture is the property that has some objects on its external surface and generates sensations at touch.

Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly, the list is endless. Works of art have a variety of actual textures created by the artist's choice of materials and how they are handled. The actual texture of this oil painting is quite rough and bumpy.
 * **[[image:fabric2.jpg width="174" height="133" align="left"]] Types of texture **

The surface of this clay jar consists of rows of pointy bumps. So its surface feels rough to the hand. In this granite sculpture, the large part of the bottom of the nearest column and at the top of the column in the background is rough and rocky, while the narrow parts of the two columns are smooth and polished

 The artist applies color with short, choppy brushstrokes to create the rough texture.

 The actual surface of this sculpture is hard, cold, and smooth. It's made of marble! The surface of this clay jar consists of rows of pointy bumps. So its surface feels rough to the hand.

In this granite sculpture, the large part of the bottom of the nearest column and at the top of the column in the background is rough and rocky, while the narrow parts of the two columns are smooth and polished. The lizard perched on the side of this drum has a coarse, scaly texture. The top and bottom of the drum are smooth.

This garden bench is made of three different materials, each with its own texture: a highly polished vertical granite anchor, the horizontal slab of cedar, and a roughly textured unfinished green rock called basalt.

It means that the texture could be a representative characteristic of a specific element. For example, it is common that rocks and stones be rough at touch.
 * [[image:IPO4SCAX7SD9BCA51MAE4CAYW8GFWCANHOZHPCAH7O1FWCAO309P2CABF4B2ACA2NSPOACAF2NP2BCAEHL1V8CAC3GLMZCAEEPORJCAPJVJKOCA3MJFMVCA6IN9D3CAIME3OPCAB5DDRWCAKU6AVZCAQY2KJX.jpg align="right"]]What is it that texture describes of an object? **

I think the texture can influence the characteristic of a space in many ways. When we select the things that are going to be in a specific place we try to choose the texture according to the ambient and our customs.
 * [[image:easton_044.jpg width="164" height="130" align="right"]]How can texture influence the characteristics of a space? **

It is used being careful of maintaining the space properties, for example, in outer spaces it is common to use the stone as a material for construction just to make the space looks natural and inside a place it is common to use objects with smoothie surfaces, maybe just to feel comfort and stillness.

The importance of texture in architecture I think is that it allows us to make people feel different sensations and identify when something was made to be inside or outside a place. Also with texture sometimes we add volume to our constructions and establish differences between some pieces and others.
 * What is the importance of texture in architecture /Urban Planning? **

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