Art Elements Flashcards
(39 cards)
VISUALLY DETECTABLE
SEPARATELY IDENTIFIABLE
The building blocks or
ingredients of art
A mark with length and direction.
• It is one-dimensional and can vary in
width, direction, and length.
• A line is an identifiable path created
by a point moving in space.
LINE
All types of Line
Thick, Thin, Straight Line, Curved, Zigzag, Diagonal, Vertical, Horizontal.
Line that emphasis and advances
Thick line
A line that recedes.
Thin line
mechanistic and
dynamic and rarely found in nature.
A Straight Line
2 types of curved lines
The No Sharp and the Sharply curved/ Twisted line.
Line that It conveys energy change direction gently and suggest comfort
and ease.
Curved Lines with No Sharp Angles.
Line that can convey turmoil, chaos, and even violence.
Sharply curved or Twisted lines
Line that Convey action and excitement.
(_____) lines alter direction fast and
create feelings of unrest, turmoil and movement.
Zigzag lines
lines that give movement and
dynamism to a composition.
Diagonal Line
height and strength.
- a spiritual connotation.
Vertical line
stability, calm, rest, or
repose .
Horizontal Line
LINES CAN: ?????
Describe 2-dimensional shapes and 3-dimensional forms.
• Create feelings of movement and emotion.
• Create value and thereby show the direction of light.
• Change 2-dimensional shapes into 3-dimensional forms with value.
• Depict texture
What are SHAPE?
Shapes are 2-dimensional.
• They have height and
width but no depth e.g. a
square.
4 behavior of shape.
Squares and Rectangles
Circles and Ellipses
Triangles
Inverted Triangles
Talks about strength and stability
Squares and Rectangles
How about continuous movement
Circles and Ellipses
Lead the eye in an upward movement
Triangles
imbalance and tension
Inverted Triangles
KINDS OF SHAPE
GEOMETHRIC SHAPES
POSITIVE SHAPES
ORGANIC SHAPE
NEGATIVE SHAPES
MATHEMATICAL
Geometric shape
REPRESENT THE SPACE
WHERE OBJECTS EXIST
Positive shape
NATURAL, IRREGULAR, FREEFORM
Organic Shape
