elements & principles of art review

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The Elements of Art

Richard Long. Five Paths. 2002.

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Ellsworth Kelly. From series of plant drawings.

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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Portrait of Mme. Hayard and her Daughter Caroline. 1815

Alberto Giacometti. Self-Portrait. 1954

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Rembrandt. Sketches for Christ Healing the Sick. 1647-49

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Henry Ossawa Tanner. Study for the Disciple Peter. 1933.

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Georges de La Tour. The Fortune Teller. 1630s.

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Study for Houndstooth by Mario Robinson

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Kay Fenton

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Zoe Miller and David Goodman, Faces.

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Arshile Gorky

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Richard Serra

Joe

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Richard Serra

Joe

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Chester Higgins

Egg Vendor Along Commuter

Tracks in Ghana

1974

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Color is the visual effect that is caused by the spectral composition of the light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by objects.

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Color originates in light.

Sunlight, as we perceive it, looks colorless.

In reality, all the colors of the spectrum are present in white light.

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1. All the" invisible" colors of sunlight shine on the apple.

2. The surface of a red apple absorbs all the colored light rays,

except for those corresponding to red, and reflects this color to the human eye. Environment & Perception also play into our interpretation of this color.

3. The eye receives the reflected red light and sends a message to the brain.

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When light hits the surface, the BLUE paint ABSORBS all the light EXCEPT the blue part of the spectrum.

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Properties of Color

HUE

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INTENSITY (or saturation)

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HUE - the name of the color, the part of the color spectrum that the color belongs to: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or violet.

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V A L U E - l i gh tnes s o r darkness of the hue.

Mark Rothko,

Untitled (Black on Gray),

1969/1970.

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VALUElightness or darkness of the hue.

Adding white produces a TINT

Adding black produces a SHADE

Adding gray produces a TONE

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INTENSITYThe brightness of a color. Not to be confused with lightness, which is value.

Also calledchroma orsaturation.

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The Principles of Art

Henri Riviere. Funeral Under Umbrellas. 1895.

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Wayne Thiebaud

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Wayne Thiebaud

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Rose Window. Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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Christo. Running Fence Drawing. 1973

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Edvard Munch

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Lucian Freud

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Rachel Whiteread

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Alice Neel.

Loneliness

1970

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Egon Scheile. Portrait of the Painter Anton Peschka, 1909

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Paula Rego.

The Family

1988

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Andrew Wyeth. Christinas World. 1948

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David Hockney.

Yves-Marie Asleep.

1976

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Thomas Eakins. The Agnew Clinic. 1889

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David Hockney.

A Bigger Splash.

1967

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Richard Roth. Untitled 1983

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Fra Filippo Lippi.

Saint Lawrence Enthroned with Saints and Donors.

c. Late 1440s

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Kent Twitchell. LA Marathon Mural. 405 Freeway.

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Bridget Riley.

Arrest 2.

1965

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Beatriz Milhazes

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Wayne Thiebaud, Paint Cans, 1990

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Katharina Fritsch,

Company at Table.

1988

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Eva Zeisel. Ceramic.

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