Before you sit down… Get your binder Also get red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange crayons or coloring pencils (you may need to share)
Feb 15, 2016
Before you sit down… Get your binder Also get red, blue, yellow, green,
purple, and orange crayons or coloring pencils (you may need to share)
ELEMENTS OF ART
Line An element of art that is the path of a
moving point through space.Types of LinesVertical
|Horizont
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__Diagonal
/Curve
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ZigzagZ
What types of lines do you see? What do the lines do?
Van Gogh – Thatched Cottage in Cordeville
Describe the lines in this work. How are they different from the lines Van Gogh used?
Piet Mondrian – Kompositsioon A
Shape A defined two dimensional area. Has
height and width. May be geometric or free form.
Shape is used in this work to make a striking statement. How do you think people reacted to this sort of art when it was new?
Ellsworth Kelly – White Black
Describe how shape is used in the work of art.
Georgia O’Keefe -
Form An object with three dimensions. Has
height, width, and depth. May be geometric or free form.
What kind of form would you describe this as? Geometrical or free form?
Richard Sweeney – Paper Sculpture
This sculpture uses a mixture of both Geometrical and Free Forms. Why do you think the artist gave it this title?
Richard Deacon – Between Fiction and Fact
Texture The element of art that refers to how
things feel, or look as if they might feel if touched. Objects can have rough or smooth textures and matte or shiny surfaces.
Rough
Smooth
Matte Shiny
What do you think this painting would look like in person?
Anselm Kiefer – The Unknown Painter
Space The elements of arts that refers to the
emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects. Shapes and forms are defined by space around and within them.
Value The element of art that describes the
darkness or lightness of an object.
What do you notice about the value of the light in this painting? Does it help set the mood or the work?
Francisco de Goya – Saturn Devouring his Son
Color An element of art that is derived from
reflected light. The sensation of color is aroused in the brain by response of the eyes to different wavelengths of light.
Black absorbs all color wavelengths. Objects appear to be the color of waves they reflect.
Color Terms Primary – Red, Yellow, Blue Secondary – Orange, Green, Purple (Violet) Intermediate (Tertiary) – Mixed colors of Primary and
Secondary Intensity – Hue is full intensity Hue – Pure color Shade – Pure + Black - Duller Tint – Pure + White - Brighter
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary/Intermediate
Color Harmony Use of Analogous or complementary
colors Analogous – Next to each other on
the wheel Complementary /Contrasting– Across
the wheel
Analogous Colors next to each other on the wheel
Complementary Across the color wheel
Triadic Triadic colors are high-energy colors
that are found by choosing three colors that are separated by 120 degrees on the color wheel. The primary (red, blue, and yellow) and secondary (purple, orange, green) colors are examples of triadic colors
How would you describe the color in this print?
Andy Warhol – Shot Orange Marilyn
Look at the painting to the right (The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso). Think about what you see and make some notes about subject/object, use of color, the mood/meaning, and your judgment of the work. As a class we’ll discuss it using the steps of art criticism.
Art Criticism