Transcript The Elements and Principles of Art

The
Elements
and
Principles
of Art
The Elements of Art
The building blocks
or ingredients of art.
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The Seven Elements
of Art
LINE
SHAPE
FORM
VALUE
COLOR
TEXTURE
SPACE
LINE
A mark with
length and
direction.
A continuous
mark made
on a surface
by a moving
point.
Gustave Caillebotte
FIVE BASIC LINES
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HORIZONTAL- run parallel to the ground
VERTICAL-run up and down
DIAGONAL-slant
CURVED-change direction gradually
ZIGZAG-combination of diagonal lines that
change direction
Ansel Adams
LINE QUALITY
• Width-thick or thin
• Texture-rough or smooth
• Length- long or short
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, Mother and Child, 1881
SHAPE
An enclosed area
defined and
determined by other
art elements;
2-dimensional, flat,
having length and
width.
Joan Miro
The Three Musicians, 1921, Pablo Picasso
• GEOMETRIC SHAPES-based in math
The Knife Thrower, 1947, Henri Matisse
• ORGANIC SHAPES- based in nature
FORM
A 3-dimensional
object; or in 2dimensional artwork
it appears to be 3dimensional. It shows
volume. It has length,
width and depth.
For example, a triangle,
which is 2-dimensional, is a
shape, but a pyramid, which
is 3-dimensional, is a form.
Jean Arp
The Bath, 1891,
Mary Cassatt
Lucien Freud
VALUE
The lightness or darkness of a black and
white or color.
MC Escher
Pablo Picasso
Migrant Worker, Nipomo
California, 1936, Dorthea
Lange
Violin and Pitcher, 1910,
Georges Braque
COLOR
Consists of Hue (another
word for color), Intensity
(brightness/dullness) and
Value (lightness or
darkness).
Alexander Calder
Henri Matisse
Gustave Caillebotte
TEXTURE
The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its
smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures
may be actual or implied.
Illustration to Edgae
Allen Poe’s, Tales of
Mystery and
Imagination, 1919,
Harry Clarke
Cecil
Buller
SPACE
The distance or area between, around, above, below,
or within things.
Robert Mapplethorpe
Foreground,
Claude Monet
Middleground and
Background (creates DEPTH)
Positive (filled with
something) and Negative
(empty areas).
The School of Athens, 1509, Raphael
One-Point Perspective-creates deep space in an artwork.
The Principles of Art
What we use to organize the
Elements of Art,
or the tools to make art.
THE
ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES
WORK HAND AND HAND WHEN
CREATING ARTWORK!!!!
Principles of Art
• PATTERN
• RHYTHM
• MOVEMENT
• BALANCE
• CONTRAST
• EMPHASIS
• UNITY
PATTERN
and Repetition
The repeating of an object or
symbol. It can be planned or random
repetitions.
Gustav Klimt
RHYTHM
RHYTHM
RHYTHM
RHYTHM
A regular repetition
of elements to
produce the look and
feel of movement.
Marcel
Duchamp
MOVEMENT
• The path the viewer’s eye takes through the
artwork, often to focal areas.
BALANCE
The way the elements are arranged to
create a feeling of stability in a work.
Alexander Calder
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
RADIAL
• Symmetrical Design which is circular.
CONTRAST
A large difference between two things
to create interest and tension.
Ansel Adams
Salvador Dali
EMPHASIS
The focal point of an
image, or when one
area or thing stand
out the most.
Jim Dine
Gustav Klimt
Vincent VanGogh
UNITY
When all the
elements and
principles
work together
to create a
pleasing
image.
Johannes Vermeer