Elements and Principles of art

1. Elements and
Principles of Arts
Art Appreciation

2. Categories of Art
1. Visual Arts/ Space Arts
 Two dimensional Art
 Three dimensional Art
2. Auditory/ Time Arts
3. Literary Arts
4. Combined Arts

4. Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Arts
Two-dimensional Arts
Kind of art that possesses the
dimensions of height and width but
does not possess depth.
Example:
1. Paintings
2. Drawings
3. Prints
4. Photography
Three-dimensional Arts
Kind of art that occupies three
dimensions: height, width and depth.
Example:
1. Sculpture
2. Environmental Art
3. Craft and folk art
4. Architecture
5. Mixed media Art

5. Auditory / Time Art
-Type of art that consider
the element of time
example is music and
spoken word poetry
because requires time to
understand

6. Categories of Art
1. Visual Arts/ Space Arts
 Two dimensional Art
 Three dimensional Art
2. Auditory/ Time Arts
3. Literary Arts
4. Combined Arts

7. Elements and
Principles of Arts
Art Appreciation

8. Color
 It is one of the most important
elements of art because of its
aesthetic nature.
 It inspires more emotions and
feelings.

9. Primary and Secondary Color

11. Cool and Warn Colors

12. Tone
 Is the lightness and darkness of a color.
 It is used to help show the differences
of images from light to dark or dark to
light.
 It gives depth, distance, and rhythm in
a composition.
 It helps show contrasts, harmony,
balance, repetition, dominance,
gradation and unity in paintings.

13. Line
 They are used to
control eye
movement,
delineate shapes
and indicates,
texture whether
it is rough,
smooth or with
volume.

14. Shape and Forms

15. Shape
 Is a two-dimensional figure
enclosed by a line
1. Geometric Shapes
 Are precise shapes that
look as if they were
made with a ruler or
other drawing tools.
2. Organic Shape.
 Are not regular or even.
Their outlines curve to
make free-form shapes.

17. Space
 Are areas that surround the objects
in a painting.
 They could be found in between,
around, above and/ or below
objects.
 Space is important in painting yet
many have overlooked creating
the appropriate space which
eventually result in crowded, flat
and floating appearance.
 There are six ways to create the
illusion of space in painting or
drawing or any two dimensional
surface.

18. The Use of Space in Art

19. The Use of Space in Art
Placement of the Paper
 Objects that are arrange higher in the
picture actually appears farther than
those placed lower.

20. The Use of Space in Art
Size
 To achieve the effect of farther
images, objects must be smaller.

21. The Use of Space in Art
Details
 Nearer objects need more details.
Farther objects need lesser details.

22. Color and Value
 For objects should have a color or
brighter color values while closer
objects must take warmer or darker
color values.

23. Perspective
 Linear perspective is a method that
creates the illusions of space and
dimension in a flat surface.

24. Texture
 Refers to the feel or tactile of the
surface of an object whether it is
rough, smooth, ridged, furry or silky.

25. Three kind of Texture
1. Tactile Textures
 These are textures that can be touched and/ or
felt.
2. Artificial Textures
 Are man made surface quality that are
supposed to look and feel like the original
material.
3. Visual Textures
 Are textures evoked by a photography or
picture depicting an object.

27. Contrast
 Refers to the value contrast in a work
of art.
 High contrast refers to a great
difference between colors or
elements, and low contrast refers to a
slight difference between colors or
elements.

28. Unity
 Arrangement of elements to create a
feeling of oneness.
 When the parts of a work come has
unity. Each part fits in with the others
to create a single idea, quality, or a
whole design.

29. Balance
 In an art artwork is the placement of
all the elements of the composition
so that their visual weights seem
evenly distributed.
 It is the composition of the artwork
stable.

30. Formal Balance or Symmetrical Balance
Informal or Asymmetrical
Is a type of balance in which two sides of an
artwork are not exactly alike yet still
appears pleasantly even.
It is a type of balance in which the
contents on either side of a center line
are exactly the same. One side would
mirror the other.
Radial Balance
Occurs when all the elements in the
composition radiate outward from the center
or toward it.

31. Emphasis
 Is the principle of art concerned with
making an element or object in a
work stand out.

32. Variety
 Is a principle of art concerned with
combining different art element like
colors, lines, shapes and texture to
increase visual interest.

33. Movement
 Is the principle of art used to create the look and feel of
action, and to guide the viewe’s eyes throughout a work
of art. Artists create movements through a careful
blending of elements such as line and shape.

34. Pattern
 It is a design in which lines, shapes, forms or colors are
repeated.
 Patterns can be regular or irregular.

35. Rhythm
 Is the regular repetition of lines, shapes, colors and
other art elements in the same or similar ways to
suggest flowing movement.
 The repetition of any art element over and over forms a
pattern.

36. Harmony
 Is the principle of art concerned with combining related
art elements to create a pleasing appearance.

37. Proportion
 Deals with the proper relation between two objects or
parts. The parts of a work should relate to the other
parts, as well as to the entire composition.

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