INTRODUCTION Flashcards
(102 cards)
A well planned work of art is achieved by employing three important components
Design
Elements of design
Principle of design organization
These three elements are interwoven to create order.
Design
Elements of design
Principle of design organization
refers to what is being depicted and might be helpful in deriving a basic meaning.
It could be seen as the story the work of art is telling.
Content
it depicts a scene in which humans portray literal illustrations of Dutch proverbs and idioms.
- It may seem like an ordinary “slice of life” painting, however knowing its content more closely, it is actually a depiction of madness in society.
“Nelherlandish Proverbs” by Peter Breugel the llder
The artist employs various visual qualities in creating a work of art.
T’he language of art has its own special vocabulary.
Art elements
Visual vocabulary is made up of the art elements namely
Line
Color
Shape
Form
Space
Texture
is the fundamental form of visual communication.
- They are essential in the world of art.
- The very first effort at making art may have involved lines.
- it is the element of art that is a continuous mark made on some surface by a moving point.
- As a graphic tool, it is invented to act symbolically in artistic and literary expression.
- it is employed on an objective and subjective level.
Line
a line is used to illustrate simple measurements and surface characteristics
Objective level
lines are translated to suggest varied emotional conditions and reactions.
Subjective level
What is the important physical property of line
In viewing a picture, our eye movement is controlled significantly by a large measure of line directions.
Direction
It runs parallel to the ground and suggest peaceful or calmn
Serenity, infinity, and perfect stability are generally suggested by this type of line
“Black and Gola Horizonta) Uihes”
Lieve Cabriel
Horizontal line
are lines that run up and down and suggest strength and dignity.
-It also represents aspiration, poise, and potential movement.
Astrid Stoeppels Vewisal Lines
Part 2 shows how lines can depict strength.
Vertical lines -
are lines that suggest tension.
We can see a lot of tension and movement in
Anghel Estevez’s
Composition in Diagona) lihes (2005)
Zigzag lines
suggest a flowing movement.
Even with a stationary subject, we can sense a flowing movement in Nikos Gyitakis” Liquid Portrai).
Curve lines
these are lines that suggest confusion or action.
We can see how this image looks alive and in motion.
Urina Dobrotsver’s 2ig39g
Absiraciion (2018)
Diagonal lines
It is the element that we are most sensitive with, it arouses our most universal appreciation in art.
- It is the most expressive element because its physical quality directly and immediately affects human
emotions.
-It is an element of art that is derived from reflected light and has three distinct properties:
Color
it is an attribute of a color that permits it to be classed as primary, secondary, intermediate, etc.
Primary colors: Red, Yellow, and Blue Secondary colors: Orange, Green and Violet;
Tertiary or intermediate colors: Red-Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow-Green, Blue-Green, Blue-Violet, and Red-Violet.
Hue or the name of the color-
refers to the lightness or darkness of a hue.
Value
refers to the brightness or dullness of a hue.
When a hue is strong and bright, it is said to be high in intensity.
The presence of colors is dependent on the light of its source
Intensity
There are various schemes in which properties of color are used in artworks:
Monochromatic
Complementary
Analogous
Cool temperature
Warm
Cool
this color scheme uses different values of a single hue
E.g. Pablo Pisasso’s “Breakiast
of a Blind Man” which is dominantly blue.
Monochromatic
this color scheme uses colors that are placed side by side on the color wheel and share a hue
Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers”
(1889) uses colors that are placed in the yellow quadrant of the color Wheel.
Analogous
this color scheme reminds us of the Sun and warmth.
-Warm colors are in hues of red, orange, and yellow and possessing longer light wavelengths.
Erin Hanson “Gilded Path”
(2016)
Warm
this color schemes bring to mind things that are cool such as grass or water.
- Cool color schemes contain blue, green, and violet hues.
E.g. Lisa Mitchell “purple Profusion”
Cool
