ELEMENTS ELEMENTS of of
ARTART
ELEMENTS OF ARTELEMENTS OF ART
LINELINE SHAPESHAPE COLOR COLOR
TEXTURETEXTURE
(The ingredients of art)
LINELINE- - A path through A path through space that can space that can convey emotion.convey emotion.
LINE TYPESLINE TYPES
1) STRAIGHT1) STRAIGHT a) verticala) vertical b) horizontalb) horizontal c) diagonalc) diagonal2) CURVED2) CURVED3) WAVY3) WAVY4) ZIGZAG4) ZIGZAG5) SPIRAL5) SPIRAL
ALSO:
Thick
Thin
Broken
Parallel
Don QuixoteDon Quixote, , Pablo Pablo
Picasso, Picasso, 19551955
Starry Night,Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, 1889Vincent van Gogh, 1889
Starry NightStarry Night by by Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh
Self-Portraits by van GoghSelf-Portraits by van Gogh
The Scream, The Scream, Edvard Munch, Edvard Munch,
18931893
SHAPESHAPE- Areas created - Areas created by connecting lines.by connecting lines.
2D2DOrganic (nature)Organic (nature)Geometric (triangle).Geometric (triangle).
SHAPES
rectangle circle square oval
hexagon triangle octagon
Jazz Icarus, Henri Matisse,
1913
Student work
Three Musicians, Pablo Picasso, 1921
COLORCOLOR- -
Helps artists to Helps artists to communicate ideas communicate ideas more effectively.more effectively.
Student work
Improvisation 3,Improvisation 3,
Wassily Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinsky, 19121912
Oriental Poppies, Oriental Poppies, Georgia O’keeffe, 1928Georgia O’keeffe, 1928
Waterlilies,Waterlilies, Claude Monet, 1908 Claude Monet, 1908
VALUEVALUE--
The lightness or The lightness or darkness of a darkness of a color.color.
Portrait of Juliette CourbetPortrait of Juliette Courbet , Gustave , Gustave Courbet, 1841Courbet, 1841
Lizards,Lizards,M. C. M. C.
Escher,Escher,19341934
GuernicaGuernica, Pablo Picasso 1937, Pablo Picasso 1937
TEXTURETEXTURE- -
How something How something feels or appears to feels or appears to feel. feel. (rough/smooth)(rough/smooth)
GrasshopperGrasshopper, M. C. Escher, 1934, M. C. Escher, 1934
SPACE- Creating the “illusion” of depth. (perspective)
Lane with Lane with Poplars,Poplars,
Vincent van Vincent van Gogh,Gogh,18841884
Butterflies,Butterflies, M. C. M. C.
Escher, Escher,
19551955
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande JatteSunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, George , George Seurat, 1884-1886Seurat, 1884-1886
FORMFORM- -
A 3D version of a 2D A 3D version of a 2D shape. Form has shape. Form has height, width, and height, width, and depth.depth.
FORMS
cylinder sphere
cube pyramid
Campbell’s Campbell’s Soup, Soup,
Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol, 19681968
Three Spheres,Three Spheres, M. C. Escher, 1946 M. C. Escher, 1946
The Thinker,The Thinker,Auguste Auguste Rodin, Rodin, 18811881
American GothicAmerican Gothic, Grant Wood, 1930, Grant Wood, 1930