A brief overview of chapter 2 in Exploring Art, with instructions for the assignment.

1. The Language of Art &
Architecture
Basic Terminology of art
Formal Elements
Principles of Composition

2. Form
• Media & technique
• Art elements
• Principles of composition
• Unity

3. THE FORMAL ELEMENTS
→line
→light and value
→color
→texture and pattern
→shape and volume
→space
→time and motion
Some works also contain :
→chance
→improvisation
→spontaneity
→engaging senses
other than sight

4. Atmospheric Perspective

5. Chance
Improvisation
Spontaneity

6. Engaging the Senses

7. Principlesof Composition
Putting the Ingredients Together!

8. Composition
• the placement or arrangement of visual elements
or ingredients in a work of art.
• The result of how you put together all the
“ingredients”.

9. Principles of Composition
Balance Rhythm
Proportion and
Scale
Emphasis
Unity Variety

10. Balance
Placing elements so
that visual weights
seem evenly
distributed.

11. Asymmetrical Balance
•Figure to the left of the composition
•The figure and the white of the dress
dominate the canvas, yet the bright
colors of the vases on the right and the
flowers coming in on lower right help
to balance the picture.
•The woman and the placement of her
arms are also helping to balance the
painting.
•Also her reflection is part of that
visual balance.

12. Repetition& Rhythm: Pattern

13. Scale& Proportion
• size
• Proportion. The
size relationship of
parts to the whole.

14. Emphasis& FocalPoint
• emphasis
• focal point

15. Unity & Variety
• Variety:differences
by contrasting,
changing elements
in a composition to
add interest.
• Unity: bringing the
elements of art
into a sense of
oneness.

16. Structural Systems in Architecture
• Traditional Building Methods
• Recent Methods and Materials

17. Summary
• ART ELEMENTS: ingredients of art
• PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION: arrangement
of the elements
• ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES: building
methods

18. Assignment
• Take your own photographs.
• Find art elements and principles of
composition in your own everyday
environment.
• Write: identify the vocabulary terms
found in your photos and describe what
it does specifically for your specific
photo.

19. Select 3 photos to write about.
1. Identify 3 art elements in the photo.
2. Describe what they do in the photo.
3. Identify 3 principles of composition.
4. Describe how they aid the art elements or
what they do for the photo.
5. Apply one term from Chapter 1 to each of
your photographs.
You must use at least 6 different terms from
your textbook, Chapter 2 and you must describe
specifically to your photo.