Elements and Principles Flashcards
Kazimir Malevich
Suprematist Composition, 1916
What are the elements and principles?
Elements are colour and shape
Principle are balance
Describe the use of shape.
Limited use of geometric shapes. Helps to suggest that there is no rules of gravity with the composition positioned the way it is.
Describe the use of colour.
Bold and high contrasting colours create a liveliness mood
Minimal colour scheme helps to reflect the suprematism movement
Describe the use of balance.
Stability and harmony in the abstract painting as created by the balance between the geometric figures.
Kngwarreye (no context) - what are elemetns and principles.
Colour and texture are the elemtns
Tyhe principle used is the pattern’/repetitoion
Describe the use of colour.
Beauty of the Australian desert landscape is reflected through a variety of bold and brilliant hues. They therefore, help to illustrate the Australian outback
Describe the use of texture.
Layers of paint vary between thick and light in order to convey the level of texture.
An organic texture is illusrated through the use of the intervoweven lines.
Describe the use of patter/repetition
Through the particulary linera lines the pathway is created.
Context of expansion of light (date and the artist)
Gino Severini
1912- elemetns and principles.
Elements used are texture and colour.
Describe the use of colour.
Vibrant and contrasting colours are used to convey an abstract representation of light expanding .
Bright, intense warm colours luminate from the middle of the canvas expanding to the edges, where the colours cool
Describe the use of texture.
Sense of texture and eneergy are created and reflective of the of the style known as pointillism
This also helps to add depth and tacticle (touchable) qualities
Lisa Roet Chimpanzee Fist No. 2, charcoal on silk paper, 2004 - elements and principles
Form and texture are elemetns created by the use of line (another elme0
Describe this.
She has used the ‘cross hatching’ technique to indicate the impression of fur on the chimpanzee’s hand.
She has used more lines to create darker tones to indicate shadows, and less lines to indicate highlights.
This adds a sense of three-dimensional form to the hand.
David Hockney A Bigger Splash, 1967 - what are the principles used.
Space and focal point have been used
Describe the use of space.
A swimming pool in the foreground and moderisnt building in the background.
This potray helps to create a sense of space and depth
This hellpst o make the pool the focal point.
Describe the use of the focal point.
The splash draws teh viewers eye.
It is emphasised in signifcance because the building is still.
Homeless picture - what are the elements and principles used.
Focal point as a priniciple and contrast, line as an elemetn
Describe the use of lines.
Structured geometric lines to represent the city buildings.
Rough uneven lines to create a textured surface to indicate ’sleeping rough’
Organic lines contrast with geometric lines to the background to make the figure stand out.
Describe the use of contrast and the focal point.
High contrast to make teh face the focla point
The church is a focal point to as it contrasts as a black compositional figure
