Principles of Design

Principles of Design

What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.

They are concepts that affect content and message.

Principles of Design

Balance

Emphasis

Contrast

Movement &

Rhythm

Unity

Variety

Proportion

The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of

stability in a work. Alexander Calder

BALANCE

Symmetrical Balance

The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci

Asymmetrical Balance

When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other.

James Whistler

The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most.

Jim Dine Gustav Klimt

EMPHASIS

EMPHASIS

The part that catches your attention first.

Can be created through the use of many different elements and principles like…

CONTRASTPROPORTION

COLOR

EMPHASIS

A large difference between two things to create interest and tension.

Ansel Adams

Salvador Dali

Contrast

…with color…with proportion/scale

Contrast

RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHMand MOVEMENT

A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement.

Marcel Duchamp

MOVEMENT

The motion created in a work of art. Often uses the principle of rhythm to achieve this.

RHYTHM

The repetition of lines, shapes, or colors to create a feeling of movement.

Vincent VanGogh

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

The use of differences and

change to increase the

visual interest of the work.

Marc Chagall

VARIETY

VARIETY

The use of different lines, shapes, and colors in a piece of work.

The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE.

Gustave Caillebotte

PROPORTION

PROPORTION

ART CARD HOMEWORKOn one side of your art cards should be the definitions for the Principles of Design. Your homework is to find works of art that show each definition… • Print them in color• Glue them to the card• Include the artist’s name, title of the

work, and the date is was createdTHIS IS DUE AT THE START OF NEXT CLASS!!!

Links to help you get started…http://artistsinspireartists.com/painting/best-modern-paintings-last-100-years

https://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/publication_pdf/3177/MoMAHighlights13_PREVIEW.pdf?1364330927

http://totallyhistory.com/art-history/famous-paintings/

http://www.topofart.com/top_100_art_reproductions.php

http://www.historyofpainters.com/paintings.htm

http://totallyhistory.com/art-history/famous-artists/

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/mostpopular.html

http://the-artists.org/

You should now have7 Principles of Design Cards to save in your Art Card Envelope!

Please hand in your14 E&P &8 Classification & Style Art Cards with the rubric when they’re done !Write your name on them!!!

When returned to you, keep all of your

Art Cards in your

Art Card Envelope!You can study from them for your

mid-term and final exams.

* You should have 22 cards. *