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An introduction to the element of color and the principles of unity and variety. Based on "Gateways to Art" (2012).
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Art Appreciation
Professor Paige PraterT, R, 9:30-10:50AM
10 ELEMENTS of Art:
1. Color 2. Form 3. Line4. Mass5. Shape6. Space7. Texture8. Time/Motion9. Value10. Volume
10 PRINCIPLES of Art:1. Unity 2. Variety3. Balance4. Emphasis5. Focal Point6. Pattern7. Proportion8. Rhythm9. Scale10. Contrast
Important Color Vocabulary
• Hue• Value• Tint• Shade• Primary• Secondary• Complementary• Neutral
Color Wheel
Saturation
Monochromatic Color
Mark Tansey. Picasso and Braque, 1992. Oil on canvas. 5’4” x 7’
Complementary Color
Andre’ Derain. The Turning Road, L’Estaque, 1906. Oil on canvas, 4’3” x6’4’3/4 . Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
Analagous Color
Analagous Color
Mary Cassat, The Boating Party, 1893-94. Oil on canvas. 35 3/8 x 46 1/8”, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Art
Optical Color:Pointillism
Georges Seurat, The Circus (detail of it), 1890-91, Oil on canvas.
Color in Print: different color wheel!
CMY + K (key, which equals black)= CMYK!
Color in Electronics: different, too!
Charles Csuri, Wondrous Spring, 1992. Computer image, 4’x 5’5”.
Color & Chromotherapy
• “I have tried to express with red and green the terrible passions of human nature.” –Van Gogh
• Which painting was he referring to?• Do you think he captured passion? Why or why
not?
Unity: order, wholeness, harmony in a design
• Compositional – overall design• Conceptual – idea behind the work• Gestalt – ALL aspects ordered
VSMONOTONY or
CHAOS
UnityKatsushika Hokusai, “The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa,” from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1826–33 (printed later). Print, color woodcut. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Unity: 3 examples of COMPOSITIONAL unity
Unity: Conceptual
Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964. Cut-and-pasted printed papers, gouache, pencil, and colored pencil on board, 13⅜ x 18¾”. MOMA, New York
Unity: Gestalt
• Whole greater than sum of its parts…concept, composition, creation…
Vishnu Dreaming the Universe, c. 450–500 CE. Relief panel. Temple of Vishnu, Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Variety: visual diversity in one composition
• Ideas• Elements: shapes, values• materials
Variety: materials
Robert Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1955–9. Mixed media with taxidermy goat, rubber tire, and tennis ball, 42 x 63¼ x 64½”.Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden