the elements of art and the principles of design

the elements of art

and

the principles of design

the elementsof art

the building blocks of an artwork

color

The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso 1903

color

The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso 1903 Vision after the Sermon, Paul Gauguin1888

line

Cardinal, Franz Kline 1950

value

Rue Transonian, Honore Daumier 1834 Gottardo Piazzoni in his studio, Ansel Adams 1932

form

Indefinite Divisibility, Yves Tanguy 1942

shape

Blue Nude II, Henri Matisse 1952

space

The Glorification of St. Ignatius, Fra Andrea Pozza 1694

textureactual texture

Twilight of the West, Anslem Kiefer

1989

texturevisual texture

Still-Life with Late Ming Ginger JarWillem Kalf

1669

the principles of design

how we use the elements of art

balance

Guernica, Pablo Picasso 1937

contrast

Melancholy and Mystery of a Street,Giorgio de Chirico 1914

Green Formality, Hans Hoffmann 1955

emphasis

The Last Supper, Tintoretto, 1592

emphasis

Harriet Tubman, Aaron Douglas, 1931

figure/groundrelationships

Crucifixion: Hypercubic Body,Salvador Dali 1954

The Sleeping Gypsy, Henrie Rousseau 1897

f/g relationshipsskewed/ ambiguous

Rubin’s Vase, artist unknownBase on Edgar Rubin’s Vase

Sky and Water, M.C. Escher 1938

movement

Dynamism of a Car, Luigi Russolo 1912-1913

proportionand

scale

Travelers among Mountains and Stream, Fan Kuan early 11th Century

detail

repetition

The Great Wave,Katsushika Hokusai 1831 Marilyn, Andy Warhol c. 1967

rhythm

Stacks in Celebration, Charles Sheeler 1954

varietyvs.

unity

Estate, Robert Rauschenberg 1963 Townscape: Madrid, Gerhardt Richter 1968