elements principles of art
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What is ?ART
What is ART?• Unique expression of an idea• Experience or feeling in a well-
designed visual form• All objects created for visual
appeal
Elements of ArtElements of Art•Basic visual symbols Basic visual symbols in the language of art.in the language of art.
•Artists use elements Artists use elements to express their ideas.to express their ideas.
Arrangement in Grey and Black (Whistler’s Mother)James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Dame Barbara HepworthMother & Child
Object, Fur BreakfastMeret Oppenheim
Chiffres et Constellations Joan
Miro
Venus de MiloGreek 120-130 B.C.
Mark RothkoUntitled, 1949
Proportions of the Human Figure Leonardo da Vinci
Elements of Art
Texture Color Value Shape Form Space
Line
Line• The distance between two
points.• A mark made on a surface
by some point.–Pencil mark on paper
–Finger marks on clay–Brush mark on canvas
A Dancer Adjusting a ShoeEdgar Degas
Self PortraitVincent Van GoghAnasazi Pottery
Texture• The way something feels or appears to
feel if you could touch it.
• Rough & Smooth
• Matte & Shiny
• Soft & Hard
• Furry & Scaley
Little Ballerina Dancer Fourteen Years OldEdgar Degas
Domain of ArnheimRene Magritte
COLORElement made up of 3 QUALITIES:
•Hue•Value•Intensity
Monkey PuzzleKeith Haring
Squares with Concentric RingsWassily Kandinsky
COLORElement made up of 3 QUALITIES:
Hue•name of a color
Monkey PuzzleKeith Haring
Squares with Concentric RingsWassily Kandinsky
COLORElement made up of 3 QUALITIES:
Value•Lights & darks
Monkey PuzzleKeith Haring
Squares with Concentric RingsWassily Kandinsky
COLORElement made up of 3 QUALITIES:
Intensity•Brightness or
dullness of a color
Monkey PuzzleKeith Haring
Squares with Concentric RingsWassily Kandinsky
VALUE• Lights & Darks
PietaMichelangelo BuonarotiJack in the Pulpit
Georgia O’Keeffe
Hand with SphereM.C. Escher
Shape• Area set off by one or more of the
elements of art. •line, texture, color, value, & shape
• Shapes are flat and have height & width (2D).
Types of Shapes
• Geometric
Composition with Blue Plane
Piet Mondrian
• Biomorphic (organic)
•Precise shapes from math•Shapes from nature
Form• 3-Dimensional
objects
DavidMichelangelo Buonarroti
The ThinkerAuguste Rodin
•Forms have height, width, & depth.
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci
Space
•Positive Space•Negative Space
• Space an object takes up•Space around or through an objectChristina’s World
Andrew Wyeth
Space
Reclining Figures,Angles
Henry Moore
The Japanese FootbridgeClaude Monet
American GothicGrant Wood
People and Dog in the SunJoan Miro
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2Marcel Duchamp
Broadway Boogie WoogiePiet Mondrian
Nike of SamothraceThe Winged Victory
220-190 B.C.
Principles of Art
EmphasisContrast Harmony Balance Variety Movement
Repetition
RhythmCampbell’s Soup
Andy WarholSelf Portrait with Monkey
Frida Kahlo Proportion
Portrait with a Green Stripe (Madame MatisseHenri Matisse
Pattern
AlomVictor Vasarely
RepetitionRepetition
• Something repeated over & over again
MarilynAndy Warhol
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Angeli LandenteWiliam Morris
The KissGustav Klimt
Patterns
A decorative designUsually of a repeated figure or motif
The ScreamEdvard Munch
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The Creation of AdamMichelangelo buonarroti
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Retroactive IRobert
Rauschenberg
CONTRAST
Girl with Hair RibonRoy Lichtenstein
Extreme differences in the elements of art
Garden at GivernyClaude MonetThe Artist’s Garden at GivernyClaude Monet
• Unity• Combining similar elements in a
work of art
Water LiliesClaude Monet
The Lady of ShalottJohn William WaterhouseThe Boating
PartyAuguste Renoir
Harmony
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat
The Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli
African MasksTwo halves are identical
Grace Jones
Andy Warhol
Little SpiderAlexander Calder
ASSYMETRICAL BALANCE
Apparent weight
Balances Compositio
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• Lots of different elements combined in a work of art
Weeping WomanPablo Picasso
V A R I E T Y
Royal Tide VLouise Nevelson
The Three MusiciansPablo Picasso
People and Dog in the SunJoan Miro
• Lots of different elements combined in a work of art
Alexander Calder
Ballet MontageEdgar Degas
Ballet MontageEdgar Degas
Movement
The look and feel of action
The Starry NightVincent van Gogh
Ballet MontageEdgar Degas
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JazzHenri Matisse
Yellow, Red, BlueWassily Kandinsky
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tempo or bea
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The BathMary
Cassatt
Proportion
Proportions of the Human FigureLeonardo da Vinci
Size relationships of one part to another
Surrounded IslandsChristo and Jeanne-Claude
The Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci