This document provides objectives and activities for learning about visual art elements, principles of design, and the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The objectives are to analyze art elements/principles in works from specific styles, identify characteristics of Renaissance and Baroque arts, and create a sculpture. Key visual elements discussed include line, shape, color, texture, form, and tone. Principles of design covered are harmony, balance, proportion, dominance, variety, movement, and rhythm. Characteristics of Renaissance art emphasized lifelike realism and naturalism. Baroque art is described as using tenebrism, embracing reality, and including everyday details. Learners will then create and reflect on their own sculpture.

2. OBJECTIVE/S
1.ANALYZES ART ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES IN THE PRODUCTION OF
WORK FOLLOWING A SPECIFIC ART STYLE
2.IDENTIFIES DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS OF ARTS DURING THE
RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE PERIODS
3.CREATE YOUR OWN SCULPTURE, EITHER HUMAN, MYTHOLOGICAL, OR
ANIMAL FIGURES.

3. PRE-ASSESSMENT
LOOP-A- WORD
ENCIRCLE 15 WORDS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE RENAISSANCE OR BAROQUE PERIOD.

4. THE VISUAL ELEMENTS OF ARTS
1.Line is the foundation of all drawing. It is the first and most versatile of the
visual elements of art. Line in an artwork can be used in many different
ways. It can be used to suggest shape, pattern, form, structure, growth,
depth, distance, rhythm, movement and a range of emotions.
2.Shape can be natural or man-made, regular or irregular, flat (2-dimensional)
or solid (3-dimensional), representational or abstract, geometric or organic,
transparent
3.Color is the visual element that has the strongest effect on our emotions. We
use color to create the mood or atmosphere of an artwork.

5. THE VISUAL ELEMENTS OF ARTS
4.Texture is the surface quality of an artwork - the roughness or
smoothness of the material from which it is made.
5.Form is the physical volume of a shape and the space that it
occupies. Form can be representational or abstract. Form
generally refers to sculpture, 3D design and architecture but
may also relate to the illusion of 3D on a 2D surface.
6.Tone is the lightness or darkness of a color. The tonal values of
an artwork can be adjusted to alter its expressive character.

6. PRINCIPLES OF ART
The “principles of design” are mechanisms of arrangement and organization for the
various elements of design in artwork. Please note that different sources might list
slightly different versions of the “principles of design,” but the core fundamentals are
essentially the same.
1.Harmony in art and design is the visually satisfying effect of combining similar,
related elements. For instance: adjacent colors on the color wheel, similar shapes etc.
2.Balance is a feeling of equality in weight, attention, or attraction of the various
visual elements within the pictorial field as a means of accomplishing organic unity.
3.Proportion is the comparison of dimensions or distribution of forms. It is the
relationship in scale between one element and another, or between a whole object
and one of its parts. Differing proportions within a composition can relate to
different kinds of balance or symmetry, and can help establish visual weight and
depth

7. PRINCIPLES OF ART
4.Dominance/emphasis- the principle of visual organization that suggests that certain elements should
assume more importance than others in the same composition. It contributes to organic unity by
emphasizing the fact that there is one main feature and that other elements are subordinate to it. In
the below examples, notice how the smaller elements seem to recede into the background while the
larger elements come to the front. Pay attention to both scale and value of the objects that recede and
advance.
5.Variety is the complement to unity and harmony, and is needed to create visual interest. Without unity
and harmony, an image is chaotic and “unreadable;” without variety it is dull and uninteresting. Good
design is achieved through the balance of unity and variety; the elements need to be alike enough so we
perceive them as belonging together and different enough to be interesting.
6.Movement is the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art, and it is generally very important
to keep a viewer’s eyes engaged in the work. Without movement, artwork becomes stagnant. A few good
strategies to evoke a sense of movement (among many others) are using diagonal lines, placing shapes
so that the extend beyond the boundaries of the picture plane, and using changing values.
7.Rhythm - a continuous, a flow, or a feeling of movement achieved by the repetition of regulated visual
information.

8. CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE ART
•The renaissance period emerged in Italy in the late
14th century and reached its zenith in the late 15th
century. This was a period when Europe underwent
an astonishing renewal in the fields of fine art,
such as painting, architecture, sculpture and
drawing.

9. CHARACTERISTICS OF RENAISSANCE ART
•Renaissance art, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and literature
produced during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries in Europe under the
combined influences of an increased awareness of nature, a revival of classical
learning, and a more individualistic view of man. Scholars no longer believe
that the renaissance marked an abrupt break with medieval values, as is
suggested by the French word renaissance, literally “rebirth.” Rather,
historical sources suggest that interest in nature, humanistic learning, and
individualism were already present in the late medieval period and became
dominant in 15th- and 16th-century Italy concurrently with social and
economic changes such as the secularization of daily life, the rise of a rational
money-credit economy, and greatly increased social mobility.
•Https://www.Britannica.Com/art/renaissance-art

10. CHARACTERISTICS OF BAROQUE ART
Baroque art came about during the period from 1600 to 1700. The movement’s initial works began in
italy but went on to be seen in france, germany, spain and the netherlands. During this time, artists
were encouraged by the catholic church to exhibit stronger religious characteristics in their paintings.
• There is usually one source of light, known as tenebrism, in baroque art. The contrasting light and
dark, such as in shadows, bring drama to the works. Both have an effect on the emotions and the
intensity of the piece.
• Realism is an important aspect of baroque art. Rubens embraced reality in his art. In “saint george
and the dragon,” saint george is muscular with a suit of armor that appears as it did in everyday life.
His horse is depicted as feisty and strong.
• Naturalism was also seen in baroque art through the use of normal details unique to daily life.
Caravaggio employed this technique in his work by showing local places such as taverns and
peasants. He places the viewer in the painting through applying things as part of both the
foreground and central space. Facial expressions highlight the subjects’ moods or emotions. Artists
would sometimes put themselves in the painting as part of the shadows. For example, diego
velazquez is seen in the left of his painting “las meninas.”
• Https://courses.Lumenlearning.Com/boundless-arthistory/chapter/the-baroque-period/

12. ACTIVITY 2: IS THAT YOU?
CREATE YOUR OWN SCULPTURE, EITHER HUMAN, MYTHOLOGICAL, OR ANIMAL FIGURES.
MATERIALS:
• CHOOSE YOUR MATERIAL AS TO YOUR PREFERENCE SUCH AS MODELING CLAY, SOAP,
PIECE OF WOOD, ROCK, WIRE OR ANY USABLE AND PLIABLE MEDIUM. USE KNIFE OR
CUTTER IN CARVING-OUT YOUR ART PIECE.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
• 1. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR ARTWORK?
• 2. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS SUBJECT?
• 3. HOW DID YOU APPLY THE ELEMENTS OF ART AS TO LINES, FORM AND TEXTURE?
• 4. WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHILE DOING YOUR ARTWORK?