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LESSON 8 Elements of Art

The document discusses the elements and principles of art. It defines the elements as the basic components used to manipulate materials, including line, color, value, texture, shape, composition in space, and movement. It then explains the principles of composition, such as works being representational, figurative, non-figurative, expressionist, abstract, stylized, and collage. Elements are the building blocks artists use to communicate, while principles are styles and techniques for arranging those blocks.

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LESSON 8 Elements of Art

The document discusses the elements and principles of art. It defines the elements as the basic components used to manipulate materials, including line, color, value, texture, shape, composition in space, and movement. It then explains the principles of composition, such as works being representational, figurative, non-figurative, expressionist, abstract, stylized, and collage. Elements are the building blocks artists use to communicate, while principles are styles and techniques for arranging those blocks.

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LESSON 8

Elements of Art
and Principles
of Composition
Works in visual art are
composed of elements
that are the basic ways of
manipulating the material
or medium on a surface or
in space,
while composition is the
arrangement of these
elements across an area,
and how these elements
interact w/ each other.
Elements and Composition

–Serve as a “visual language” that


allows the artists to
communicate to the audience or
elicit a certain effect.
Elements of
Art
The Elements
of Art
The building blocks or
ingredients of art
a. LINE
– An identifiable path that moves from
one point to another. It may be visible
(marked) or implied (gestural). They can
go in any direction, straight, or curved.
– This is the most basic two-dimensional
form.
b. COLOR
– Refers to visible light as it is reflected from
surfaces; the range of colors (spectrum) is
traditionally described as warm (red, yellow,
orange), cool (blue, green), or neutral
(brown, gray).
– One of its aspects is hue, w/c has to do w/
how light waves of various lengths and
rapidity of vibrations bounce off objects and
enter our eyes.
Primary colors:
Blue, yellow, red
Secondary color:
Yellow + red = orange
red + blue = violet
blue + yellow = green
Hues vary in saturation, intensity,
or brilliance.

Brilliant blue + neutral hue (gray) =


hue or blueness does not change; it
just becomes less intense or duller.
Chiaroscuro
- From the Italian word for “light-
dark”, the term originated from the
Renaissance
- Refers to the management of light
and dark tones and/or shading, to
“model” or create illusion of form
and depth.
c. VALUE
– Refers to gradations of tone from light
to dark, w/c can be an aspect of color
as discussed above, but could also
specifically refer to the play of light on
an object or a scene.
VALUE
– In paintings, it is shading, blending and
chiaroscuro or the play of light and dark
that lend the flat surface an illusion of
depth and perspective.
d. TEXTURE
– Refers to how objects and surfaces feel,
and is most associated w/ the sense of
touch or tactility.
– smooth, translucent, fine, silky, satiny,
velvety, sandy, furry, feathery, slimy,
gritty, rough, rugged, coarse, porous,
irregular, jagged, thick, thin
e. SHAPE
– Three-dimensional shapes possesses
length, width and volume.
– Can either be geometric (rectilinear or
curvilinear), biomorphic, or free
inventions.
SHAPE
– Refers to forms that are two-
dimensional or three-dimensional.
– Two-dimensional shapes exists as
planes having length and width.
f. COMPOSITION IN SPACE
– Refers to structure or the manner the
artist uses or arranges elements of the
artwork in an area, and how these
components relate to each other.
– Is rooted to the physiological and
psychological factors in visual
perception and cognition.
g. MOVEMENT
– May occur in two-dimensional design as
rhythm or through the recurrence of
motifs, their alternation or progression
unfolding in a series.
– Very much related to line, and the
direction of the eye.
PRINCIPLES OF
COMPOSITION
1. Representational

- A category of art that possesses or


represent existing forms and are
identifiable as the shapes they stand for.
The rendering can be realistic or stylized.
1. Representational
- Intending to depict the world as
accurately as possible.

Ex. Portraits – approximate skin tone and


color
Landscape and still life – depict actual
conditions of the environment through
shading, play of light and dark, or
Chiaroscuro
2. Non-representational

- A category of art that uses forms that do


not stand for extant objects, or are
rendered in a way that they are not
identifiable with its basis.
2. Non-representational
3. Figurative

Representational art that includes


human or human-like forms.
3. Figurative
3. Non-Figurative

Representational art that excludes human


forms.
Example:
Islamic art – employs non-figurative
representation since the depiction of
human forms is forbidden by their dogma.
3. Non-Figurative
-commonly utilizes geometric shapes, plant
forms, and calligraphic techniques in their
repertoire.
4. Expressionist

- An artistic style that reflects the inner


emotional and/or psychological state of
the creator – particularly of angst –
instead of relying in naturalistic
techniques, regardless of the subject.
4. Expressionist
5. Abstract

- An artistic style that does not rely on


representation for its imagery but uses
elements of art – line, form, color, tone –
composes it according to its inherent
qualities, independent from reality.
5. Abstract
6. Stylized

- Generally applies to visual representation


that does not conform to a naturalistic look
or attempt to mimic the appearance of
things as they are in real life, but retain a
certain degree of semblance to the object
portrayed.
6. Stylized
7. Collage

Technique that composes imagery through


the combination of various materials
adhered to a single flat surface, to be
treated as a unified whole.
7. Collage

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