principles of design. the art elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space) combine...

Principles of Design

Principles of Design

The ART ELEMENTS (line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space) combine to

form the PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

ContrastOpposites - A large difference between

two things; for example, hot and cold, green and red, light and shadow, smooth and rough, organic and geometric

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Contrast

Contrast

Richard Deacon

Contrast

Contrast

Ruth Duckworth

Repetition an Element of art used over and

over and over and over again

Repetition

Louise Nevelson Dale Chihuly

Repetition

Andy Goldsworthy

Repetition

Repetition

Repetition

Tony Cragg

Repetition

Alexander Calder

Repetition

Pattern With repetition, a pattern can be

created. Any element can be repeated to form a pattern: line, shape, color, value, texture

Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles

MC Escher Tessellation

Pattern

Pattern

Pattern

Pattern

Lauren ClayAino Kajaiemi

Pattern

MovementTo create the illusion of action and a sense

of motion guides the viewer's eyes throughout the

artwork

Barbara Hepworth

Movement

Giacomo BallaUmberto Boccioni

Movement

Ruth Duckworth EvolutionofGenius.com

Movement

Jen StarkDale Chihuly

Movement

Movement

Sydney Opera House

Movement

Tony Cragg Jennifer McCurdy

BalanceArranged elements so that no one part

seems heavier or overpowers another

Symmetrical Balance - one side duplicates

or mirrors the other

Asymmetrical Balance - one side differs from the other

Radial Symmetry - similar parts regularly arranged around a central axis

Symmetrical Balance

Ferry Staverman

Su Blackwell

Peter Beasecker

Asymmetrical Balance

Scott Bennett

Tony Cragg

Radial Balance

Richard Sweeney

Angela O'Kelly

Jen Stark

Proportion the size relationship of one part to the

whole of an object

Proportion

Alberto GiacomettiMichelangelo

Proportion

Anish Kapoor

Proportion

Proportion

Donald Lipski

VarietyThe combination of different elements of artThe opposite of variety is unity

Barbara HepworthJen Stark

Variety

Sol LeWitt

Louise Nevelson

Unity the look of completeness or wholeness A totality that combines all of its parts into

one complete, cohesive whole.

Alexander CalderRichard Deacon

Unity

Sol LeWitt

Emphasis points of interest that pull the viewer's eye

to important parts

Scott Bennett

Emphasis

Umberto Boccioni