the elements and principles of art. the elements of art the building blocks or ingredients of art
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The Elements
and Principles
of Art
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The Elements of ArtThe building
blocks or ingredients of
art.
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LINE
A mark on a surface with length and direction.
A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.
Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte
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COLOR
Henri Matisse
Alexander Calder
How the human eye perceives light reflected off an object.
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VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a color.
MC Escher Pablo Picasso
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SHAPE
An enclosed area that is 2-dimensional/flat.
Joan Miro
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FORMFORM
A 3-dimensional object;
or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-
dimensional.
For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid,
which is 3-dimensional, is a form.
Jean Arp Lucien Freud
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Robert Mapplethorpe
Claude Monet
S P A C EThe illusion of depth and distance.
Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty
areas).
Foreground, Middleground and
Background (creates DEPTH)
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TEXTURETEXTURE
The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness,
softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.
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The Principles of Art
What we use to organize the Elements of Art,
or the tools to make art.
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BALANCE
The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability or stability in a work.
Alexander Calder
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Asymmetrical Balance
When one side of a composition does not reflect
the design of the other.
James Whistler
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EMPHASIS
The focal point of an image, or
when one area or thing stand out.
Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
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CONTRAST
A large difference between two things to create interest
and tension.
Ansel AdamsSalvador Dali
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MOVEMENT
The way the human eye
travels through an artwork.
Marcel Duchamp
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PATTERN
identical elements that repeat.
Gustav Klimt
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UNITY
Elements that work
together to create
harmony.
Johannes Vermeer
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PROPORTION
The comparative relationship of one part
to another. (size, quantity/amount, scale)
Gustave Caillebotte
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Rhythm Created
when elements
repeat through a piece of work.