THE ELEMENT OF ART IS SHAPE

Is this a LINE or a SHAPE?

This is a SHAPE it has height and width

FORM Any object that has HEIGTH, WIDTH & DEPTH

Shape Form

Shape – Any drawn object that has height and width

Geometric Shapes

Organic/Natural Shapes found in nature Leaf Seashells flowers

What type of shapes are in this image?

Positive Shapes The object that is drawn. In this case the positive shape is the black butterfly.

Negative Shapes The space around the positive shapes is called - Negative Shapes. In this example the positive shape is white and the negative shape is black.

Positive and Negative Shapes

This is a picture of a vase. The vase is the positive space and the background is the negative space.

Look at the negative shape on the right. Can you see anything?

Can you see 2 people in profile?

Who sees a butterfly?

Who sees two people?

What color is the positive SHAPE in this picture?

Static Shapes Shapes that appear stable and resting

Dynamic Shapes Shapes that appear moving and active

Is the black shape a Static Shape or a Dynamic Shape?

Art Nouveau An ornamental style of art that flourished between about 1890 and 1910 throughout Europe and the United States, Art Nouveau is characterized by its use of a long, flowing lines. The style was employed most often in architecture, interior design, jewelry, glass design, posters, and illustration. It was a deliberate attempt to create a new style, free of the imitative historicism that dominated much of 19th-century art and design. Art Nouveau developed first in England and soon spread to the European continent.

The name Art Nouveau is French for ‘new art’

This is an example of a typical 19 th Century Painting before the Art Nouveau Movement

This is an example of an Art Nouveau Painting

The example on the left is a portrait done right before the Art Nouveau movement. The example on the right is Art Nouveau. How are the styles different?

Louis Comfort Tiffany Born in New York City in 1848, Louis Tiffany was a painter, designer and world-famous glass maker. The son of famed jeweler and Tiffany & Co. founder Charles Tiffany, he began experimenting with stained glass in 1875, and co-founded a glass-making company in New York City in When disagreements between Tiffany and his partners caused the business to close in the mid-1880s, Tiffany started his own firm (later named Tiffany Studios). In the early 1890s, he created a type of glass known for its iridescent coloring, called "Favrile," helping him secure his status as a world leader in glass production. He died in New York City in 1933.Charles Tiffany

Birds were a common theme.

Flowers were another major theme.

This is a Tiffany style lamp shade – Can you see the organic shape? Are there any geometric shapes?

This is an example of a stained glass window in the style of Tiffany and Art Nouveau.