ELEMENTS
Components or parts that can be isolated.
PRINCIPLES
How to organize the elements.
LINE IS AN ELEMENT
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 Beijing National Stadium |
SHAPE IS AN ELEMENT
Define specific areas of space.
Two-dimenstional shape has width and height.
Three-dimensional shape has width, heigh and depth.
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| Felix Deac Natural or Organic Shape - found in nature, irregular and fluid. |
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| Graham Caldwell Geometric shape - structured off of symmetry. |
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| Artist unknown. Please e-mail if you are the artist so I can credit your work. thanks, Laura Geometric shape - structured off of symmetry. |
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| Henry Moore Abstract Shape - stylized or over simplified version of natural shapes. |
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| Annette Messager Geometric shape - structured off of symmetry. |
SPACE IS AN ELEMENT
Positive Space:
Occupied with elements.
Negative Space:
Unoccupied, the space around elements.
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| artist unknown. Please e-mail me so I can credit your work. lmongiovi@flagler.edu |
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| Swash London, Hyeres Festival |
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| Do Ho So |
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| Joan Jonas |
TEXTURE IS AN ELEMENT
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 Implied Texture |
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| Meret Oppenheim Actual Texture Meret Oppenheim Retrospektive in Berlin A brief intro to the artist and her work A discussion about Oppenheim's above work. |
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| Adeline de Monseignat Uses actual texture to imply texture. |
VALUE IS AN ELEMENT
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 IS AN ELEMENT
Convey mood
Aattract attention
Define objects
Can be applied to any other element
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| Jizo Statues, Diaya River, Japan |
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| Alexander McQueen |
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| Kate Maury |
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| Ann Hamilton |
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Mitra Fabian   |
PRINCIPLES
How to organize the elements.
FOCAL POINT (or EMPHASIS) IS A PRINCIPLE
An area of focus.
Achieved by decision making with elements (line, shape, color, texture, space, value).
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| Anish Kapoor |
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| Roman Ondak |
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| Andrea Zittel |
Components are harmonious, sense of completion.
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| Rachel Whiteread |
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| Canova |
BALANCE IS A PRINCIPLE
Symmetrical and Asymmetrical
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| Christian Boltanski Symmetry |
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| Christian Boltanski Symmetry |
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| Louise Symmetry |
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| Guy Laramee Asymmetry |
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| artist unknown. Please contact me so I may credit your image. Asymmetry |
PROPORTION (and SCALE) IS A PRINCIPLE
Scale - relating size to a constant, such as the human body
Proportion - size relationship of parts to a whole
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| Source unknown. please e-mail me so I can post a credit source. |
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| Patricia Piccinini |
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| Liliana Porter |
RHYTHM IS A PRINCIPLE
Suggestion of motion, movement.
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| Arne Quinze |
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| Arne Quinze |
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| Fresh Interiors Or in the case of Theo Jansen's work, actual movement. |
PATTERN (and REPETITION) IS A PRINCIPLE
The repetition or reoccurrence of a design element, exact or varied.
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| Mr. Toledano |
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| Tara Donovan |
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| Tara Donovan |
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| Yayoi Kusama |
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