Elements and-principles-
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The document defines the elements and principles of art. The elements are line, color, value, shape, form, space, and texture - the basic building blocks used to create art. The principles are balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm/movement, pattern/repetition, unity, variety, and proportion - the tools and techniques used to organize the elements. Examples of artists are provided for some elements and principles to illustrate their use.
Elements and-principles-
- 2. The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.
- 3. LINE A mark with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte
- 5. COLOR Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Henri Matisse Alexander Calder
- 6. VALUE The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso
- 7. SHAPE An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional. Joan Miro
- 9. FORM A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional. For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form. Jean Arp Lucien Freud
- 10. Robert Mapplethorpe Claude Monet S P A C E The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)
- 11. TEXTURE The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.
- 12. Cecil Buller
- 13. The Principles of Art What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.
- 14. BALANCE The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder
- 15. Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci
- 16. Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
- 17. EMPHASIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
- 18. CONTRAST A large difference between two things to create interest and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali
- 19. RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM and MOVEMENT A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. Marcel Duchamp
- 20. Vincent VanGogh
- 21. PATTERN and Repetition Repetition of a design. Gustav Klimt
- 22. UNITY When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image. Johannes Vermeer
- 24. VARIETY The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. Marc Chagall
- 25. PROPORTION The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte