ELEMENTS - components or parts that can be isolated.
PRINCIPLES - how to organize elements.
ELEMENTS
LINE
Forms the shape of an image.
Qualities - long, short, straight, curved, thick, thin.
Direction:
Horizontal - rest.
Vertical - stoic.
Diagonal - movement.
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| Maya Lin |
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| Maya Lin |
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| Judy Chicago |
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| Louise Bourgeois |
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| Nick Cave |
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| Alberto Giacometti |
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| Kiki Smith |
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| Eva Hesse |
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| Nacho Carbonell |
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| Michelangelo |
SHAPE or FORM
Define specific areas of space.
Two-dimenstional shape has width and height.
Three-dimensional shape has width, heigh and depth.
Natural or Organic Shape - found in nature, irregular and fluid.
Geometric shape - structured off of symmetry.
Abstract Shape - stylized or over simplified version of natural shapes.
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| Felix Deac |
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| Graham Caldwell |
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| Artist unknown. Please e-mail if you are the artist so I can credit your work. thanks, Laura |
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| Henry Moore |
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| Annette Messager |
SPACE
Positive Space - occupied with elements.
Negative Space - unoccupied, the space around elements.
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| artist |
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| Swash London, Hyeres Festival |
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| Do Ho So |
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| Joan Jonas |
TEXTURE
Actual Texture - sensation felt with sense of touch
Implied Texture - an illusion, touching does not produce a physical sensation
can create a feeling of richness and depth.
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| Marisol |
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| Meret Oppenheim |
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| Adeline de Monseignat |
VALUE
The degree of light and dark.
Contrast between white and black and in-between.
Creates depth and perception, spatial illusion (tone).
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| Midori Harima |
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| Wendy Walgate |
COLOR
Convey mood, attract attention, define objects, can be applied to any other element.
