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The Elements of Art and Principles of Design

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Page 1: The Elements of Art & Principles of Design

The Elements of Art

and Principles of Design

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The Elements of Art

The building blocks or ingredients of art.

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LINE

A mark with length and direction.

A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

Ansel Adams

Gustave Caillebotte

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Pablo Picasso

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COLOR

Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness).

Henri Matisse

Alexander Calder

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VALUE

The lightness or darkness of a color.

MC Escher Pablo Picasso

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SHAPE

An enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional.

Joan Miro

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FORMFORM

A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3-dimensional.

For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3-dimensional, is a form.

Jean Arp Lucien Freud

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Robert Mapplethorpe

Claude Monet

S P A C EThe distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.

Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas).

Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)

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TEXTURETEXTURE

The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.

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Cecil Buller

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The Principles of Design

The organization of works of art. They involve the ways in which the elements of art are arranged.

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BALANCE

The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work.

Alexander Calder

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Symmetrical Balance

The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other.

Leonardo DaVinci

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Asymmetrical Balance

When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other.

James Whistler

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EMPHASIS

The focal point of an image, or when one area or element stands out the most.

Jim Dine Gustav Klimt

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CONTRAST

A large difference between two things to create visual interest.

Ansel Adams Salvador Dali

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RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM

and MOVEMENT

A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement.

Marcel Duchamp

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Vincent VanGogh

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PATTERNand Repetition

Repetition of a design.

Gustav Klimt

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VARIETY

The use of differences and

change to increase the visual interest of

the work.

Marc Chagall

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PROPORTION

The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE.

Gustave Caillebotte

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UNITY

When all the elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image.

Johannes Vermeer