Exploring the Foundations of Art: Elements, Principles and Techniques
This article delves into the fundamental elements and principles of art, including line, color, form, texture, value, space, balance, contrast, and composition. It also examines the works of famous artists who have mastered these techniques, such as Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ansel Adams, Gustave Caillebotte, and Alexander Calder.
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1. The Elements and Principles of Art
2. The Elements of Art The building blocks or ingredients of art.
3. LINE A mark on a surface with length and direction. A continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point. Ansel Adams Gustave Caillebotte
4. 4 Pablo Picasso
5. C O L O R Henri Matisse Alexander Calder How the human eye perceives light reflected off an object.
6. V A L U E The lightness or darkness of a color. MC Escher Pablo Picasso
7. SHAPE An enclosed area that is 2- dimensional/flat. Joan Miro
8. 8 Gustave Caillebotte
9. FORM FORM A 3-dimensional object; or something in a 2-dimensional artwork that appears to be 3- dimensional. For example, a triangle, which is 2-dimensional, is a shape, but a pyramid, which is 3- dimensional, is a form. Jean Arp Lucien Freud
10. Robert Mapplethorpe Claude Monet S P A C E The illusion of depth and distance. Positive (filled with something) and Negative (empty areas). Foreground, Middleground and Background (creates DEPTH)
11. TEXTURE TEXTURE The surface quality or "feel" of an object, its smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. Textures may be actual or implied.
12. The Principles of Art What we use to organize the Elements of Art, or the tools to make art.
13. B AL A NC E The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability or stability in a work. Alexander Calder
14. Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
15. EMPH A SIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or thing stand out. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
16. CONTRAST A large difference between two things to create interest and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali
17. MOVEMENT The way the human eye travels through an artwork. Marcel Duchamp
18. P A T T E R N identical elements that repeat. Gustav Klimt
19. UNITY Elements that work together to create harmony. Johannes Vermeer .
20. P R O P O R T I O N The comparative relationship of one part to another. (size, quantity/amount, scale) Gustave Caillebotte
21. Rhythm Created when elements repeat through a piece of work.
