ART & ARCHITECTURE By M. Ahmed Ismail 2017-2018

Brief Definitions Art: the products of human creativity Art: Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, photography, sculpture, and paintings. Architecture: the discipline dealing with the principles of design, construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.

All visual design may be reduced to seven elements, factors, or dimensions. These elements are line, direction, shape, size, texture, value, and color. These elements are the building blocks of art structure. They are the alphabet or scale of graphic expression. When an artist organizes these elements he creates form, which is design or composition. Art is manmade order, that is, structure or form. In representational art the elements of line, shape, texture, and color are used to describe, depict, or illustrate solid objects in three-dimensional space. The effect of the subject matter of a picture relies on its appeal to reason, that is, upon our ability to recognize or perceive its meaning. Representational art is a convention. Although habit, training, and education have prepared

All visual design may reduced to seven elements Elements of Design All visual design may reduced to seven elements Line Direction Shape Size Texture Value Color

Elements of Design Line

Elements of Design Direction