ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART

ELEMENTS

VALUE- THE DEGREE OF LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS OF AN OBJECT

LINE- AN ELEMENT THAT IS THE PATH OF A MOVING POINT THROUGH SPACE

SHAPE- 2D AREA THAT IS DEFINED AS EITHER ORGANIC OR GEOMETRIC. A SHAPE HAS ONLY HEIGHT AND WIDTH, NO DEPTH.

FORM- OBJECTS HAVING 3 DIMENSIONS, HEIGHT, WIDTH AND DEPTH.

COLOR-AN ELEMENT DERIVED FROM REFLECTED LIGHT. COLOR HAS THREE PROPERTIES:
HUE- NAMES OF THE COLORS
VALUE- LIGHTNESS OR DARKNESS
INTENSITY- PURITY OF THE HUE OR CHROME

TEXTURE- THE DEGREE OF ROUGHNESS OR SMOOTHNESS OF AN OBJECT. CAN BE TACTILE OR VISUAL

SPACE- REFERING TO THE EMPTINESS OR AREA BETWEEN, AROUND, OR WITHIN OBJECTS

PRINCIPLES

BALANCE- THE CONCERN OF EQUALIZING VISUAL FORCES OR ELEMENTS IN A WORK OF ART

MOVEMENT- TO CREATE THE LOOK AND FEELING OF ACTION AND GUIDE THE VIEWER'S EYE THROUGH THE WORK OF ART.

RHYTHM- INDICATING MOVEMENT BY THE REPETITION OF ELEMENTS OR OBJECTS.

PATTERN- 2 DIMENSIONAL DECORATIVE VISUAL REPETITION, PATTERN HAS NO MOVEMENT.

EMPHASIS- MAKING ONE PART OF A WORK DOMINANT OVER THE OTHER PARTS.

CONTRAST- REFERING TO THE PLACEMENT OF OPPOSITES NEAR ONE ANOTHER. THIS CREATES VISUAL INTEREST, DRAMA AND OR EXCITEMENT.

UNITY- SENSE OF WHOLENESSIN A WORK OF ART ACHIEVED THROUGH EFFECTIVE USE OF ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART. UNITY UTILIZES PROXIMITY, REPETITION, AND SIMPLICITY