Visual Elements

andPrinciples of

Design in Astronomical

Images

Letty and Jerry Bonnell (Loyola University Maryland,

Astronomy Picture of the Day)

AIC 2009

Leonardo da Vinci: The Last Supper c1495-1498 Santa Maria della Grazie, Milan

THE LANGUAGE OF ART

Visual Elements:Line ShapeSpace Color

Principles of Design:Balance Directional ForcesContrast Repetition & Rhythm

LINE: ACTUAL AND IMPLIED

The Star Streams of NGC 5907 R Jay Gabany (Blackbird Observatory) - collaboration; D.Martínez-Delgado(IAC, MPIA),

J.Peñarrubia (U. Victoria), I. Trujillo (IAC), S.Majewski (U.Virginia), M.Pohlen (Cardiff)

Markarian's Chain of Galaxies Piotrek Sadowski

SHAPE: GEOMETRIC AND ORGANIC

Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution Stefan Seip

The Tadpoles of IC 410 Ken Crawford (Rancho Del Sol Observatory)

M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy Adam Block, Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter, U. Arizona

SPACE: IMPLIED DEPTHOverlapping, Vertical Placement, Diminishing Size

NGC 7331 and Beyond Don Goldman, Sierra Remote Observatories

M51 Hubble Remix S. Beckwith (STScI), Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASA

Additional Processing: Robert Gendler

M51 Hubble Remix S. Beckwith (STScI), Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASAAdditional Processing: Robert Gendler

COLORWarm and Cool, Complementary

Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree R Jay Gabany

WARM

COOL

RGB Color Wheel

Portrait of NGC 281 Ken Crawford

RGB Color Wheel

Complementaries:Blue/Orange

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN: Balance, Contrast, Directional Forces, Repetition and Rhythm

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerNocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket 1875Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of NGC 281 Ken Crawford

Jackson PollockNo. 8 1949Neuberger Museum of Art

Fox Fur, a Unicorn, and a Christmas Tree R Jay Gabany

Annular Solar Eclipse at High Resolution Stefan Seip

Alma ThomasThe Eclipse 1970Smithsonian American Art Museum

Claude MonetWater Lilies 1905Boston Museum ofFine Arts

The Bubble and M52 Tony Hallas