Elements And Principles of Art

The Elements and Principles of Art

The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.

LINE A mark with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte

Pablo Picasso

C O L O R Consists of Hue (another word for color), Intensity (brightness) and Value (lightness or darkness). Henri Matisse Alexander Calder

V A L U E The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso

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

Gustave Caillebotte

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

S P A C 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)

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

Cecil Buller

The Principles of Art What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.

B A L A N C E The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in a work. Alexander Calder

Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so that one side mirrors the other. Leonardo DaVinci

Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler

EMPH A SIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt

CONTRAST A large difference between two things to create interest and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali

RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM and MOVEMENT A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement. Marcel Duchamp

Vincent VanGogh

P A T T E R N and Repetition Repetition of a design. Gustav Klimt

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

V A R I E T Y The use of differences and change to increase the visual interest of the work. Marc Chagall

P R O P O R T I O N The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte

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