Implied Line

The book defines Implied Line as "A line created by movement or direction, such as the line established by a pointing finger, the direction of a glance, or a body moving through space.

The sculpture above is "Mignon" and was made from bronze by Auguste Rodin in 1925. As seen in the definition above, the direction of a subject's glance can create a line known as implied line. Such is the case here. The eyes of the subject create an optically stimulating presence that causes the viewer to see an implied line based on the direction that the subject is looking in.