1. ELEMENT OF ART – SHAPE & FORM
BY :ANKIT SHARMA || 100103
BRANCH : B.SC COMMUNITY SCIENCE
2. CONTENT
1. INTRODUCTION OF ART
2. PRINCIPALS OF DESIGN
3. ELEMENTS OF ART
4. ELEMENT OF ART : SHAPE
5. TYPE OF SHAPE
6. HISTORY OF SHAPE
7. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SHAPE
8. ELEMENT OF ART FORM
9. TYPE OF FORM
10. HISTORY OF FORM
11. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM
12. DIFFRANCE BETWEEN SHAPE & FORM
13. CONCLUSION
14. REFRENCES
3. INTRODUCTION OF ART
Art is a diverse range of human activity,
and resulting product, that
involves creative or imaginative talent
expressive of technical proficiency, beauty,
emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
4. There are twelve basic principles of
design: contrast, balance, emphasis,
proportion, hierarchy, repetition,
rhythm, pattern, white space,
movement, variety, and unity. These
visual and graphic design principles
work together to create appealing and
functional designs that make sense to
users.
PRINCIPALS OF DESIGN
6. ELEMENT OF ART : SHAPE
Shape can be defined as a two-dimensional area that is also
defined by a change in value or some other form of
contrast.
All shapes are two-dimensional, meaning that they have
only length and width
13. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FORM
Positive space refers to the subject or
areas of interest in an artwork, such as a
person's face or figure in a portrait, the
objects in a still life painting, or the trees in
a landscape painting. Negative space is the
background or the area that surrounds the
subject of the work.
14. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHAPE AND FORM
Parameters of
Comparison
Shape Form
Meaning In terms of visual arts, it refers to a
structure having a flat view with a two-
dimensional appearance.
In terms of visual arts, it refers to a structure
having a real and not an illusionary three-
dimensional view of any object or person.
Dimension Two-dimensional view Three-dimensional view
Side It consists of the length and width only It consists of the length, width, and depth as well.
Complexity These are very simple figures and easy to
comprehend.
These are complex and tough to comprehend.
Nature It usually reflects the illusionary status of a
particular object.
it refers to the real and original status of an
object.
Examples Circle, rectangle, triangle, square, etc. Sphere, cone, cube, cuboid, etc
15. CONCLUSION
Shapes and forms play important roles in the creation of `Art.
They help to create Art work in its traditional forms - painting.
drawing,, sculpture, decorative art, architecture, photography.
Because everything we see around us is made of shapes
and forms, we use shapes to depict what we see or what we
want to convey by interpreting, modifying or just copying the
shapes in front of us.
16. REFRENCES
1. "NIU School of Art Vocabulary". Archived from the original on
2004-06-24. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
2.^ Stewart 2006, p. 381
3.^ Stewart 2006, pp. 378–384
4.^ Stewart 2006, p. 32
5.^ Jump up to:a b Fisher, Mary; Zelanski, Paul (1996). Design
Principals and Problems. San Antonio: Harcourt Brace College
Publishers. p. 90. ISBN 0-15-501615-6