The Elements and Principles of Art

The building blocks or ingredients of art. The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.

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 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

GEOMETRIC SHAPES-based in math The Three Musicians, 1921, Pablo Picasso GEOMETRIC SHAPES-based in math

ORGANIC SHAPES- based in nature The Knife Thrower, 1947, Henri Matisse ORGANIC SHAPES- based in nature

FORM A 3-dimensional object; or in 2-dimensional artwork it appears to be 3-dimensional. 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

Lucien Freud The Bath, 1891, Mary Cassatt

VALUE The lightness or darkness of a black and white or color. Pablo Picasso MC Escher

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

S P A C E The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Robert Mapplethorpe Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH) Claude Monet

The School of Athens, 1509, Raphael One-Point Perspective-creates deep space in an artwork.

What we use to organize the Elements of Art, 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 Gustav Klimt The repeating of an object or symbol. It can be planned or random repetitions.

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