The Elements of Art The Artists Toolbox Line

The Elements of Art The Artist’s Toolbox

Line A path of a moving point through space.

A line can differ in… § § § Cy Twombly. Suma. 1982. Length Width Texture Direction curve

5 Kinds of Lines § § § Vertical Horizontal Diagonal Curved Zigzag Joan Miro. The Nightingale’s Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain. 1940.

Shape A two-dimensional area that is defined in some way.

Geometric Shapes § § Square Rectangle Circle Triangle § ANY SHAPE WITH WIDTH & HEIGHT Paul Klee. Castle and the Sun. 1928.

Organic Shapes Helen Frankenthaler. The Bay. 1963. Henri Matisse. La Gerba. 1953.

Form A three-dimensional object.

A FORM HAS § HEIGHT § WIDTH § DEPTH Claes Oldenburg. Floor Cake. 1962.

Artist Unknown. Nike of Samothrace. 190 BCE. Audrey Flack. Amor Vincit Omnia. 1989.

Space Refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.

Shapes and Forms Are defined by space around and within them. § Positive Space § Negative Space Eduardo Chillida. The Eulogy to the Horizon. 1980.

Stonehenge. Salisbury Plain. 2300 -1848 BCE. Deborah Butterfield. Isabelle. 2001.

Space in 2 -D work Can be found as § Background § Middleground § Foreground Diego Velazquez. Las Meninas. 1656 -57.

Peter Bruegel. Hunters in the Snow. 1565.

Color An element of art that is derived from reflected light.

Properties of Color § Hue - the name of a color, like red § Value - Lightness or darkness of a color § Intensity - the brightness or dullness of a color Wassily Kandinsky. Several Circles. 1926.

Secondary Colors Primary Colors Roy Lichtenstein. Hopeless. 1963. Marc Chagall. The Green Violinist. 1923 -24.

Value Describes the darkness or lightness of an object.

Pablo Picasso. Old Guitarist. 1903. Edward Weston. Pipes and Stacks. 1922.

Texture Refers to how things feel or look as if they might feel if touched.

Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night. 1889.

Jomon Style Ceramics. Ancient Japan. Robert Rauschenberg. Monogram. 1950 -55.

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