THE ELEMENT OF ART IS

SHAPE

Is this a LINE or a SHAPE?

This is a SHAPE

it has height

and width

FORMAny object that has HEIGTH, WIDTH & DEPTH

Shape Form

Shape – Any drawn object that has height and width

Geometric Shapes

Organic/NaturalShapes

found in

natureLeaf

Seashellsflowers

What type of shapes are in this image?

Positive ShapesThe object

that is drawn. In this case

the positive shape is the black butterfly.

Negative ShapesThe space around the

positive shapes is called - Negative Shapes. In this example the

positive shape is white and the

negative shape is black.

Static Shapes

• Shapes that appear stable and resting

Dynamic Shapes

• Shapes that appear moving and active

Is the black shape a

Static Shape or a

Dynamic Shape?

Art NouveauAn ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States, Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, flowing lines. The style was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry, glass design, posters, and illustration. It was a deliberate attempt to create a new style, free of the imitative historicism that dominated much of 19th-century art and design. Art Nouveau developed first in England and soon spread to the European continent.

The name

Art Nouveau is French

for ‘new art’

This is an example of a typical 19th Century Painting before the Art

Nouveau Movement

This is an example of an Art Nouveau

Painting

The example on the left is a portrait done right before the Art Nouveau movement. The example on the right is Art Nouveau.

How are the styles different?

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Born in New York City in 1848, Louis Tiffany was a painter, designer and world-famous glass maker. The son of famed jeweler and Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Tiffany, he began experimenting with stained glass in 1875, and co-founded a glass-making company in New York City in 1878. When disagreements between Tiffany and his partners caused the business to close in the mid-1880s, Tiffany started his own firm (later named Tiffany Studios). In the early 1890s, he created a type of glass known for its iridescent coloring, called "Favrile," helping him secure his status as a world leader in glass production. He died in New York City in 1933.

Birds were a common theme.

Flowers were another major theme.

This is a Tiffany style

lamp shade – Can you see the organic

shape?Are there any

geometric shapes?

This is an example of a stained glass window in the style of Tiffany

and Art Nouveau.