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Elements & Principles in Design

Elements of Design

Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa Oil on panel 30.3 x 20.9 in Circa 1503 -

1505

Vincent van Gogh

Old Man with His Head in His Hands (At Eternities Gate)

Transfer lithography

19.7 × 13.4 in 1882

Line – Actual

Raphael School of

Athens Fresco 19.7 × 13.4

in 1509 - 1511

Line – Implied

Line – Implied

Raphael School of

Athens Fresco 19.7 × 13.4

in 1509 - 1511

Line – Psychic

Paul Cézanne The Bay of

Marseilles, view from L'Estaque

Oil on canvas 31.5 × 39.2 in 1885

Shape

Will H. Bradley The Chap-Book

– The Twins Poster -

Lithograph 94.14 × 20.5 in 1894

Shape

Auguste Rodin Eve Bronze Circa 1899

Form

Pablo Picasso Head Cut and pasted

colored paper, gouache and charcoal on paperboard

43.5 x 33 cm 1913-1914

Space

Figure or positive shape

Ground or negative shape

Pablo Picasso The Old

Guitarist Oil on panel 48.4 × 32.5 in 1903

Color

Vincent van Gogh

View of Arles, flowering orchards

Oil on canvas 28.3 × 36.2 in 1889

Texture

Principles of Design

Leonardo da Vinci

The Last Supper

Tempera and mixed media on plaster

15 x 29 feet 1495 – 1498

Domenico Veneziano

Santa Lucia dei Magnoli Altarpiece

Tempura on wood

82.3 x 85 in Circa 1445

Balance - Symmetrical

Caspar David Friedrich

Man and Woman Contemplating the Moon

Oil on canvas 13.4 × 17.3 in Circa 1818 –

1824

Balance – Asymmetrical

Thomas Eakins Portrait of Dr.

Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic)

Oil on canvas 1875 96 × 78 in

Emphasis

Rembrandt van Rijn

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

Oil on canvas 63 x 50.4 in 1633

Movement

Quilt, 'Hoagland Presentation

'Pieced and quilted cotton, with inked signatures and verses

90 1/8 x 81 in 1855

Pattern

Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night

Oil on canvas 28.7 × 36.2 in 1889

Repetition

Georges Seurat A Sunday

Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Oil on canvas 81.7 × 121.3 in 1884 – 1886

Proportion

Katsushika Hokusai

The Great Wave

Color woodblock print

Circa 1826

Rhythm

Ogata Korin Irises Circa 1705

Variety

Piet Mondrian The Grey Tree Oil on canvas 30.9 × 42.3 in 1911

Unity

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