This document provides examples of artworks that demonstrate different elements of design including line, value, texture, color, shape, form, and space. It lists over 20 specific artworks ranging from ancient Egyptian pyramids to 20th century paintings that illustrate these fundamental elements of visual art. The artworks cited come from a variety of time periods and cultures and include works by famous artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, and Escher.

1. Grade 9 Art
Elements of Design

2. LINE: H. Rousseau, The Dream, 1910

3. LINE: V. van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889

4. LINE: Turner, The Slave Ship, 1840

5. VALUE: Caravaggio, David with Head of Goliath, 1590

6. VALUE: Rembrandt, The Nightwatch, 1642

7. VALUE: C. Monet, Impression, Sunrise, 1872

8. TEXTURE: G. Reid, Forbidden Fruit, 1889

9. TEXTURE: J. Riopelle, Pavane, 1954
Pavane: slow processional dance common in 16th
century Europe

10. TEXTURE: R. Rauschenberg, Monogram, 1959

11. TEXTURE: D. Hanson, Tourists, 1970

12. COLOUR: H. Matisse, Decorative Figure on
Ornamental Background, 1925

13. COLOUR: H. Matisse, The Green Stripe, 1905

14. COLOUR: E. Munch, The Sick Child, 1896

15. COLOUR: J.L. David, Oath of the Horatti, 1784

16. COLOUR: G. Seurat, Sunday Afternoon on the
Grand Jatte, 1884-5

17. SHAPE: W. Blake, Ancient of Days, 1794

18. SHAPE: P. Picasso, Guernica, 1937

19. FORM: Egypt (Old Kingdom), Pyramids of Giza

20. FORM: Paleolithic (Old Stone Age), Venus
of Willendorf, 15,000 – 10,000B.C.

21. SPACE: M.C. Escher, Eye, 1946

22. SPACE: R. Magritte, Carte Blanche, 1965

23. SPACE: R. Magritte, The Human Condition, 1933