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ElementsofArtand
PrinciplesofDesign
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ElementsofArt
Thebuildingblocksoringredientsofart.Theystructureandcarrythework.
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ElementsofArt
LineColorValueShape
FormSpaceTexture
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LINE
Amarkwithlengthanddirection.Acontinuousmarkmadeonasurfacebyamovingpoint.
Pablo Picasso
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LINE
Maybevertical,horizontalordiagonal,curved,straight,zigzag,orshowemotion.
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Contourlines- outlinetheedgesofformsorshapes
Gesturallines-indicateactionandphysicalmovement
LINE
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Consists of Hue (another word for color), Value (lightness or darkness) and Intensity (brightness).
Henri Matisse Alexander Calder
COLOR
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Colorhasthreeproperties:
1.HUE:thisisthenameofthecolors
2.VALUE:referstothelightnessordarknessofahue.
3.INTENSITY:referstothepurityofthehue(called“chroma”)
COLOR
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NeutralColorsThesecolorsaremadebyaddingacomplimentarycolor(oppositeonthecolorwheel)toahue.Neutralizedhuesarecalledtones.
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Tints– addingthecolorwhitetolightenahue
Shades– addingblacktodarkenahue
Shades- adding the color black.
TintsandShades
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WarmandCoolColorsWarm– red,orange,yellow
Cool– green,blue,violet
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The lightness or darkness of a color.
MC Escher Pablo Picasso
VALUE
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HighRangeinValue LowRangeinValue
VALUE
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Anenclosedareadefinedanddeterminedbyotherartelements;2-dimensional.
Joan Miro
SHAPE
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SHAPEShapescanbegeometricororganic.
GEOMETRIC:square,triangle,rectangle,rhombus,circle,cone
ORGANIC:freeformshapes,shapesinnature;forexample:leaves,trees,animals
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Organicvs.GeometricSHAPE
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A3-dimensionalobject;orsomethingina2-dimensionalartworkthatappearstobe3-dimensional.
Jean ArpLucien Freud
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Showsanobjectinspace,themassorpositivespaceitoccupies.
Forexample,atriangle,whichis2-dimensional,isashape,butapyramid,whichis3-dimensional,isaform.
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Formcanbe2DFormcanbe3D
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Thedistanceorareabetween,around,above,below,orwithinthings.
Foreground,Middleground andBackground(createsDEPTH)
SPACE
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Positive(filledwithsomething)andNegative(emptyareas)
SPACE
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Thesurfacequalityor"feel"ofanobject,itssmoothness,roughness,softness,etc.
TEXTURE
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TEXTURE
Texturesmaybeactualorimplied.
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Actual– texturethatyoucanfeelwithyoursenseoftouch
Implied– texturethathasbeensimulatedindrawingand
paintingonasmoothsurface
TEXTURE
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PrinciplesofDesign
WhatweusetoorganizetheElementsofArt,orthetoolstomakeart.
Theyareconceptsthataffectcontentandmessage.
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PrinciplesofDesign
BalanceEmphasisContrastMovement&Rhythm
UnityVarietyProportion
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Thewaytheelementsarearrangedtocreateafeelingof
stabilityinawork.Alexander Calder
BALANCE
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SymmetricalBalance
Thepartsofanimageareorganizedsothatonesidemirrorstheother.Leonardo DaVinci
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AsymmetricalBalance
Whenonesideofacompositiondoesnotreflectthedesignoftheother.
James Whistler
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Thefocalpointofanimage,orwhenoneareaorthingstandoutthemost.
Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
EMPHASIS
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EMPHASIS
Thepartthatcatchesyourattentionfirst.
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Canbecreatedthroughtheuseofmanydifferentelementsandprincipleslike…
CONTRAST
PROPORTION
COLOR
EMPHASIS
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Alargedifferencebetweentwothingstocreateinterestandtension.
Ansel Adams
Salvador Dali
Contrast
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…withcolor…withproportion/scale
Contrast
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RHYTHMRHYTHMRHYTHMRHYTHMRHYTHMRHYTHMandMOVEMENT
Aregularrepetitionofelementstoproducethelookandfeelofmovement.
Marcel Duchamp
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MOVEMENT
Themotioncreatedinaworkofart.Oftenusestheprincipleofrhythmtoachievethis.
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RHYTHM
Therepetitionoflines,shapes,orcolorstocreateafeelingofmovement.
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When all the elements and
principles work together to create a pleasing image.
The feeling of wholeness or the parts belonging
together.Johannes Vermeer
UNITY
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Theuseofdifferencesandchangetoincreasethevisualinterestofthework.
Marc Chagall
VARIETY
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VARIETY
Theuseofdifferentlines,shapes,andcolorsinapieceofwork.
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Thecomparativerelationshipofoneparttoanotherwithrespecttosize,quantity,ordegree;SCALE.
Gustave Caillebotte
PROPORTION
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