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Elements of Art&

Principles of Design

The Building Blocks of all Art and Design

Elements of Art:The Visual Language Used by Artists

• Line

• Shape

• Form

• Value

• Color

• Texture

• Space

No#ce  how  the  water  appears  smooth  compared  to  the  rough/leafy  trees

Wide  open  area

No#ce  the  depth  and  3-­‐dimensionality

No#ce  the  Light,  Dark  and  Medium  Areas

Line

Vincent van Gogh - Fishing Boats at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

- A basic mark that suggests direction.

Ansel Adams

Shape- The basic outline of an area or figure.

Shape

Hendrik van SteenwyckSt. Jerome in his Study 1624

Pablo Picasso, Three Musicians

Lee Bontecou

Form

Jean Arp

Lucian Freud

An element in art that gives a sense of 3-dimensionality or depth. (shape + value = form)

M. C. Escher

Value- The lightness or darkness of various areas in an artwork.

Atkinson Grimshaw

M.C. Escher

Color

Claude Monet

-When light is reflected off an object, color is what the eye sees. A spectrum of different hues become visible.

Pablo Picasso

- The feel and appearance of a surface, especially how rough or smooth it is.

Texture

Space

Robert Mapplethorpe

Claude Monet

Foreground, Middle-ground and Background (creates DEPTH)Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas).

- the way openness, depth, distance or a lack thereof is used in an artwork

Texture

Cecil Buller

Meret Oppenheim, Fur Covered Cup

Principles of DesignThe Rules that Organize the Visual Language of Art

Balance

Contrast

Emphasis

Pattern

MovementRhythm

VaRiety

Unity

Balance- The position of various parts in an artwork.

Diane ArbusNancy Rubin

Asymmetrical Symmetrical

Leonardo DaVinci, The Last Supper

Symmetrical Balance:When parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other.

Asymmetrical Balance:When parts of an image are organized so that one side is different than the other.

James Whistler - Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother, 1871

Contrast

Ansel Adams

- A visible difference between two colors, shades, patterns, etc.

Katsushika Hokusai

Emphasis

Edward Munch Andrew Wyeth

- Making one part of an artwork seem more important or interesting than others.

Pattern

Gustave Klimt

- A planned or random repetition of parts in an artwork.

M.C. Escher

Movement-An effect in art that creates the feeling of motion or direction.

Starry Night, Vincent Van Gogh

Rhythm

Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase

- When parts in an artwork repeat in an interesting way (often suggesting movement).

Variety- The existence of many different things in an artwork.

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VIII

Giuseppe Archimboldo

Unity- When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image.

Johannes Vermeer Caspar David Friedrich

Your Assignment

• Create a poster that gives examples of the Elements and Principles

• Include the Definition AND an Original Image representing each word.

• Written Reflection/Critique