This document provides an overview of key elements and principles of art including form, elements of design, media/medium, content, theme, subject matter, title, principles of design like balance, scale and proportion, unity and variety, and focal point. It defines each concept and provides examples to illustrate symmetrical balance, asymmetrical balance, radial balance, scale referring to size, proportion referring to relationships between parts and whole, unity deriving from consistency while variety disrupts it, and focal point emphasizing a particular area like a face in a portrait.

1. ELEMENTS
OF ART

2. THE WORK OF ART: THE
“TOOLS OF THE TRADE”

3. FORM
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The basic elements used
to create a work of art
ELEMENTS OF
DESIGN

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Arrangement of formal
elements in art
PRINCIPLES OF
DESIGN

6. ICE BREAKER:
PUZZLE PUZZLE

7. MEDIA/MEDIUM
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Means and methods
used by artists
MEDIA/MEDIUM

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Specific materials used in
making art
MEDIA/MEDIUM

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Also a synonym for
“Solvent” or “Thinner”
MEDIA/MEDIUM

11. ACTIVITY 1:
MEDIUM VOTING

12. CONTENT
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Refers to what the art:
• Is about;
• What is depicted; and
• What the meaning may be.
CONTENT

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Recurring broad subject
represented across time
and cultures
THEME

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The specific story
depicted in a work of art
SUBJECT MATTER

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The name or brief formal
elements in description
that defines a work of
art.
TITLE

17. ACTIVITY 2:
TITLE COMPETITION!

18. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNS

19. BALANCE
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The visual
equality/equilibrium.
BALANCE

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- Symmetrical balance is
achieved when a composition
has similar or identical parts
along a central axis.
BALANCE

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In an asymmetrical balance,
the two parts are not the
same or distributed unevenly
along the axis.
BALANCE

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Radial balance is based on a
central point from which all
parts are distributed.
BALANCE

24. ACTIVITY 3:
INNER BALANCE

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SYMMETRICAL

27. SCALE &
PROPORTION
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- Scale refers to the size of an
object in relationship to its
original dimensions, or
another object.
SCALE &
PROPORTION

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- Proportion refers to the
relationships of various parts
to the whole.
SCALE &
PROPORTION

30. UNITY &
VARIETY
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- Unity is the coherence of a
composition derived from a
consistency of forms, colors,
shapes, and patterns while
variety disrupts unity.
UNITY & VARIETY

32. FOCAL POINT
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Emphasizes a particular
attention to area
FOCAL POINT

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The focal point of a
portrait is likely to be the
face
FOCAL POINT