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