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Elementsandprinciples
The document outlines the elements and principles of art. The elements are line, color, value, shape, form, space, and texture. The principles are used to organize the elements and include balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm/movement, pattern/repetition, unity, variety, and proportion. Together the elements and principles are the basic building blocks and tools used to create works of art.
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Elementsandprinciples
- 1. The Elements and Principles of Art
- 2. The Elements ofArt The building blocks or ingredients of art.
- 3. 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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- 5. COLOR Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Alexander Calder Henri Matisse
- 6. VALUE The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso
- 7. SHAPE An enclosed areadefined and determined by other art elements; 2-dimensional. Joan Miro
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- 9. FORM 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
- 10. SPACE The distance orarea between, around, above, below, or within things. Robert Mapplethorpe Positive (filled with something) and Negative Claude Foreground, Monet Middleground and (empty areas). Background (creates DEPTH)
- 11. TEXTURE The surface qualityor "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. BALANCE The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder
- 15. Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci
- 16. Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
- 17. EMPHASIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
- 18. CONTRAST A large difference between two things to create interest and tension. Salvador Dali Ansel Adams
- 19. RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM A regular repetition RHYTHM of elements to produce the look and RHYTHM feel of movement. RHYTHM and Marcel MOVEMENT Duchamp
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- 21. PATTERN and Repetition Gustav Klimt Repetition of a design.
- 22. UNITY When all the elementsand principles work together to create a pleasing image. Johannes Vermeer
- 24. The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. VA R IET Y Marc Chagall
- 25. PROPORTIO N The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte