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- 1. The Elements and Principles of Art
- 2. The Elements ofArt The building blocks or ingredients of art.
- 3. LINE A markwith length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte
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- 5. C O LO R Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Henri Matisse Alexander Calder
- 6. V A LU E The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso
- 7. SHAPE An enclosedarea defined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional. Joan Miro
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- 9. FORM A 3-dimensionalobject; 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
- 10. S P AC E Robert Mapplethorpe Claude Monet The distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things. Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)
- 11. TEXTURE The surfacequality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.
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- 13. The Principles ofArt What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.
- 14. B A LA N C E The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder
- 15. Symmetrical Balance Theparts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci
- 16. Asymmetrical Balance Whenone side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
- 17. EMPH A SISThe focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
- 18. CONTRAST A largedifference between two things to create interest and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali
- 19. RHYTHM RHYTHMRHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM and MOVEMENT A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. Marcel Duchamp
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- 21. P A TT E R N and Repetition Repetition of a design. Gustav Klimt
- 22. UNITY When allthe elements and principles work together to create a pleasing image. Johannes Vermeer
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- 24. V A RI E T Y The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. Marc Chagall
- 25. P R OP O R T I O N The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte