Developing A Visual Vocabulary

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Developing A Visual Vocabulary

• Chapter 2

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Elements of Art

• Line
• Color
• Value
• Texture
• Shape Form
• Space

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Line

• A continuous mark made on some surface by a
  moving point.

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Color

• Hue the name of a color.
• Intensity quality of brightness and purity.
• Value the lightness or darkness of a hue.

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Value

• The lightness or darkness in a work even when
  color is absent.

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Texture

• The surface quality or feel of an object.
• Implied
• Real

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Shape and Form

• Shape Two dimensional
• Form Three dimensional

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Space

• The distance or area between, around, above,
  below, or within things.

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Principles of Art

• Balance
• Emphasis
• Proportion
• Movement
• Rhythm, repetition, pattern
• Variety and Unity
• Harmony

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Balance

• Adds a feeling of equilibrium or stability to a
  work of art.
• Formal balance (symmetrical)
• Informal balance (asymmetrical)
• Radial balance

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Emphasis

• Directs and centers our attention on one
  significant part of an artwork.
• One object or area that is dominant over the
  others.
• Secondary areas of emphasis are subordinate to
  the main center of interest.

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Christinas World, Andrew Wyeth, 1948
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Proportion

• Has to do with relationships.
• Realistic
• Unrealistic

Salvador Dali, Lighted Giraffes, 1936-37
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Movement

• Used to create the look and feeling of action and
  to guide the viewers eye throughout the work.

Edvard Munch, The Dance Life of Life, 1899
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Rhythm, Repetition, and Pattern

• A regular or harmonious pattern that repetition
  of lines, shapes, and colors creates.

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Andy Warhol, 100 Campbell Soup Cans, 1962.
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Variety and Unity/Harmony

• Variety differences
• Unity the result of knowing that nothing should
  be changed, added, taken away, or moved to a
  different location when we look at a completed
  artwork.
• They look as though they belong together.

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Robert Rauschenberg, collage, 1969