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Elements:
Principles:
Line
Balance
Shape
Form
Contrast
Color
Movement
Value
Variety
Texture
Space
Unity
Harmony/Gestalt
Line
A line is defined as a mark with length and direction, created by a
point that moves across a surface. A line can vary in length,
width, direction, curvature, and color.
Contour, Diagonal, Broken, Curved, Outline, Implied, Vertical, zigzag,
Horizontal, Wavy, Slanted, Continuous, Solid, Narrow, Bold
Gesture drawing
line
LINE
AndyGoldsworthy
KeithHaring
Shape
Shape is an enclosed space defined by other
elements of art. Shape is 2-Dimensional
Shape can be:
Geometric: Angular, man-made concept
Organic: curvilinear - found in nature
Picasso,ThreeMusicians
FORM
3DimensionalShape.Volume
MCEscher,SelfPortrait
Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of Ira P. 1925
Value
An element of art that refers to luminance or luminosity
the lightness or darkness of a color.
Value is an especially important element in works of art
when color is absent. This is particularly likely with
drawings, printmaking, and photographs
Kathe Kollwitz,
Self portrait
Value
Chuck Close
(made w/ thumbprints!)
Edward Weston,
Pepper
(photograph)
Texture
Texture refers to the surface quality or "feel" of an object, such
as roughness, smoothness, or softness. Actual texture can be
felt while simulated textures are implied by the way the artist
renders the surface area
Oppenheim
Fur-lined cup
Texture
Actual
and
Implied
Albrecht Durer
Rhinocerus
Golsdworthy
Color
Jasper Johns,
Target
(primary colors)
Delauney
PrimaryColors
PietMondrian
WassilyKandinsky
WarmColors
Colorsthatareoftendescribedasbeing
higherintemperature
Reds,oranges,yellows
Associatedwithfireandsun
Optically,appeartoadvance
Stimulatingandpassionate
Ex.Warm
Cool
Colorsthatareoftendescribedasbeing
lowerintemperature
Greens,Blues,andViolet
Associatedwithwater,sky,andspring
Optically,theyappeartorecede
Calminganddepressing
Ex.Cool
Space
Space is the empty or open area between, around, above,
below, or within objects. Shapes and forms are made by the
space around and within them. Space is often called threedimensional or two- dimensional.
MC Escher
Space
Positive space is filled by a shape or form. Negative
space surrounds a shape or form.
Space/Depth
May be created by overlapping, change in scale,
perspective placement, color theory, or projection toward the
viewer.
David Hockney
Place Furstenberg, Paris, August 7,8,9, 1985 -#11985
Balance
Balance is a sense of stability in the body of work.
Balance can be symmetrical (formal) or assymmetrical (informal)
Symmetrical/Formal Balance
DianeArbus,Twins
SymmetricalBalance
LeonardodaVinci,TheLastSupper14951498
Asymmetrical Balance
Asymmetrical Balance
Variety
When elements are changed in scale, color, or form.
Stuart Davis
Andy Warhol
Movement
Movement adds excitement to your work by showing action and
directing the viewers eye throughout the picture plane.
Movement
Umberto Boccioni,
Unique forms of continuity in space
David Hockney
Barbara Kruger
Rene Magritte
William Morris
Arts and Crafts Movement
Contrast
A large difference between two things,
such as light and shadow, color and black/white
Andy Warhol
Contrast
Economy
Claude Monet
Haystacks
Unity
Cezanne
Wayne Theibaud
Unity
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Goya,The5thofMay
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Gauguin
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