Elements and Elements and Principles of ArtPrinciples of Art

The Building Blocks of Art and The Building Blocks of Art and How They Are OrganizedHow They Are Organized

Elements of ArtElements of Art

The basic visual symbols in The basic visual symbols in the language of art.the language of art.

LineLineThe path of a moving point The path of a moving point

through space.through space.

Elizabeth Catlett, In Sojourner Truth I fought for the rights of Women

as well as Negroes, 1947Alexander Calder, Mobile, circa 1948

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Divan Japonais. 1893.

ShapeShapeA two dimensional area that is A two dimensional area that is

defined in some way.defined in some way.

Piet Mondrian, Composition with

Gray and Light Brown, 1918 Joan Miro

FormFormObjects having three Objects having three

dimensions.dimensions.

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure (1951)

Barbara Hepworth, Squares with Two Circles (Monolith),

1963

SpaceSpaceThe area that refers to the The area that refers to the

area between, around, above, area between, around, above, below or within objects.below or within objects.

Henry Moore, Reclining Figure (1951)

M. C. Escher

Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitar Player, 1903 Franz Hals, Man Playing a Lute, 1623.

ColorColorResponse of the eyes to Response of the eyes to different wavelengths of different wavelengths of

reflected light.reflected light.

Mary Cassatt, Little Girl in a Blue Armchair

1878

ColorColor

Pablo Picasso, The Old Guitar Player, 1903

ValueValueThe darkness or lightness of The darkness or lightness of

an object.an object.

Albrecht Durer, Melancholia1514

M. C. Escher, Drawing Hands

TextureTextureHow things feel or look as if How things feel or look as if

they might feel.they might feel.

Janet Fish, Two Jars Hot Pepper Pickles Deborah Butterfield, Wickiup, 1995

Principles of ArtPrinciples of Art

The way elements are The way elements are organized to create different organized to create different

visual effects.visual effects.

MovementMovementCreates the look and feeling Creates the look and feeling

of action and guides the of action and guides the viewer’s eyes throughout the viewer’s eyes throughout the

artwork.artwork.

Katsushika Hosukai, Great Wave off Kanagawa

RhythmRhythmIndicates movement by the Indicates movement by the

repetition of elements or repetition of elements or objects.objects.

Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie 1942-1943

Ford Smith, Autumn Rhythm

Kinetic-a work of art that moves in space

PatternPatternA visual repetition of line, A visual repetition of line,

shape, or color.shape, or color.

Moorish floor tile

Regular Alternating

Random

Types of Patternsand Rhythms

Flowing pro

Progressive

BalanceBalanceEqualizing visual elements in Equalizing visual elements in

a work of art.a work of art.

Georgia O’Keefe, Red Diego Rivera, Flower Day, 1925

Symmetry-a formal balance in which all objects or elements on one side are identical as well as positioned identically on the other side(a mirror image)

Radial Balance-When the elements of artCome out (radiate)from a central point

Asymmetry-Informal balance a balance of unlike objects. The arrangement of objects to give the appearance of balance.

ProportionProportionSize relationships between Size relationships between one part of an artwork to one part of an artwork to

another.another.

Ancient Egyptian

VarietyVariety

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913

Different or contrasting Different or contrasting elements in an artwork.elements in an artwork.

EmphasisEmphasisThe part of an artwork that is The part of an artwork that is dominant over other parts.dominant over other parts.

Francesco Goya, The Shootings of May Third 1808, 1814

Walt Kuhn,,Two Clowns, 1940

Emphasis can be created through contrast,isolation and location.

HarmonyHarmonyStressing the similarities of Stressing the similarities of separate but related parts.separate but related parts.

Arthur Dove, Nature Symbolized No. 2, 1911