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Elements and Principles of Art

The document defines and describes the key visual and auditory elements of art, as well as principles of art. It discusses the six visual elements - line, shape and form, space, color, texture, and time. For each element, it provides examples, definitions, and categories. It also outlines the six auditory elements - rhythm, dynamics, melody, harmony, timbre, and texture. Finally, it examines the eight principles of art - balance, scale and proportion, emphasis and contrast, unity and variety, harmony, movement, rhythm, and repetition and pattern.

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Elements and Principles of Art

The document defines and describes the key visual and auditory elements of art, as well as principles of art. It discusses the six visual elements - line, shape and form, space, color, texture, and time. For each element, it provides examples, definitions, and categories. It also outlines the six auditory elements - rhythm, dynamics, melody, harmony, timbre, and texture. Finally, it examines the eight principles of art - balance, scale and proportion, emphasis and contrast, unity and variety, harmony, movement, rhythm, and repetition and pattern.

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Elements of Art

Visual Elements
• Line
• Shape and Form
• Space
• Color
• Texture
1. Line - it has the ability to direct the eyes to follow movement or provide hints to a work’s focal point.

Example:
Keith Haring’s plastic
paint on wall “Todos
juntos podemos parar
el sida” (We Can All
Together Stop AIDS)
Variation of Lines
 Horizontal lines - normally associated with rest or calm
 Vertical lines - connote elevation or height - aspiration for
action
Together, it means stability and firmness.
 Diagonal lines - convey movement and instability
 Crooked lines - reminiscent of violence, conflict or struggle.
 Curved lines - allude to softness, grace, flexibility, sensuality
2-3. Shape and Form - defines the space occupied by the
object of art.

Shape - 2 dimensions: height and width


Form - 3 dimensions: height, width and depth
Categories of Shape and Form
Geometric Organic
finds origin in mathematical  occuring in nature
propositions.  often irregular and asymmetrical
 often man-made

Piet Mondrian’s oil in canvas “Composition with Color Planes and Gray Lines” Louis Comfort Tiffany’s vase made of favrile glass
4. Space - inferred from a sense of depth.
Real space is three-dimensional.

Anish Kapoot’s sculpture “Cloud Gate”


Space are also seen in 2 dimensional artwork;
• Positive Space - it is
where shadow is heavily
used
• Negative Space - it is
the white space
5. Color - enhances the appeal of an artwork

Properties of Color:

 Hue - variety of color  Value - refers to the  Intensity - it is the


brightness or darkness
color’s brightness or
of color.
dullness.
• Primary - red, yellow and
blue • Light colors - source of light
• Bright or warm colors -
• Secondary - green, orange • Dark colors - lack/absence
positive energy
and violet of light
• Dull or cool colors -
• Tertiary - mixed primary • Tint - lighter color soothing, seriossness, calm
and secondary colors • Shade - darker color
Harmonies of color

Monochromatic Complementary Analogous harmonies


harmonies harmonies
 uses the  involves 2 colors  making use of 2
variation of hue that are opposite colors beside each
with each other in other in the color
the color wheel. wheel.
6. Texture - it is experienced through the sense of touch

Some words used to


describe texture are the
following: rough or
smooth, hard or soft,
sharp or dull.
Auditory Elements
• Rhythm
• Dynamics
• Melody
• Harmony
• Timbre
• Texture
1. Rhythm - pulse of the music. Rising and falling of the voice.

2. Dynamics - refers to the loudness/quietness of music


3. Melody - linear presentation of pitch

4. Harmony - notes are combined


5. Timbre - give a certain tone or characteristic to music.
Quality of the sound from it’s pitch.
6. Texture - it is the number of melodies, type of layers, and
the relatedness in a composition
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Principles of Art
• Balance
• Scale and Proportion
• Emphasis and Contrast
• Unity and Variety
• Harmony
• Movement
• Rhythm
• Repetition and Pattern
Principles of Art
1. Balance - distribution of the visual elements in view
of their placement in relation to each other.

Forms of Balance:
• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Radial
2. Scale and Proportion - size in relation to what is normal for
the figure

Proportion can be;


• Natural
• Exaggerated
• Idealized
3. Emphasis and Contrast - allows the attention of the viewer to a focal point

4. Unity and Variety - acordance or completeness of the artwork

5. Harmony - achieve a sense of flow and interconnectedness

6. Movement - refers to the direction of the viewing eye

7. Rhythm - created when an element is repeated

8. Repetition and Pattern - when element is repeated, it conveys meaning of


security and calmness.
Combined Art Hybrid Art

 two or more art forms  arts + science and


and styles are combined technology

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