The Elements of Visual Art This lesson describes each of the elements of visual art and principles of organization. This lesson will guide you in reading and understanding the lessons where artworks are discussed. Learning Outcomes At the end of the lesson, you will be able to: 1. describe the elements of visual art 2. discuss the requirements to analyze a visual art The Visual Art Visual arts refer to still, unmoving pictures, paintings, sculptures, photographs, digital images, installation or architecture that are created by artists. They are the representation or embodiment of an idea, an experience, a concept, a stage of vitality, emotion, feeling or a result of interaction with the environment, and a product of human thinking. Visual …show more content…
They have outlines that are unpredictably curved or angular or are a combination of different lines and forms. Texture Texture refers to how things feel when touched. Tactile texture is experienced when you touch something to feel its texture. Visual texture is felt when you look at a photograph or an image that has texture, and it reminds you how those objects actually feel. Visual texture is the illusion of a three-dimensional surface. Roughness or smoothness of a visual texture is determined by the light or dark values it has. A rough texture is a result of surface that reflects light unevenly. Smooth surface reflects light evenly. Color Color is an element of art that results from the light waves reflected from objects to your eyes. They are warm or cool colors. Warm colors: red, orange, and yellow are associated with warm things such as fire or sunlight. Cool colors such as blue, green, and violet are associated with cool things like ice, snow, water or grass. Warm colors seem to moving close to the viewer while cool colors have a receding effect. Three properties of color that make up the colors we see: 1. hue 2. value 3. …show more content…
Monochromatic color scheme uses only one hue. White and black added in varying degrees to show the different shades and tints of the hue. Analogous colors are found side by side within the color wheel. For example, red. Red-orange, red-orange are close to one another in the color wheel. They are different hues but they are related in color. Complementary colors are colors opposite each other. Example, red and green are located opposite each other in the color wheel in the chart. ¬Split complement is the combination of one hue and the hues on each side of its complement. For example, red-orange, blue and green from a split-complementary scheme. Space and Movement Space refers to both outer and inner space, the emptiness and area between, around, above, below or within objects. It may be flat or two-dimensional, such as in painting, or three-dimensional, such as in monumental sculpture. Positive space is the area occupied by shapes or forms. Negative spaces are the empty spaces between the shapes or forms. Movement is shown through the direction of line or arrangement of color within the artistic frame. The size of objects arranged from smallest to the biggest also suggests movement. When objects are repeated within the artistic frame, they make the viewer’s eye follow a certain
Colored fire is a common pyrotechnic effect used in movies, fireworks and by fire performers all over the world. Generally the color of the flame may be red, orange, yellow, or white, and is controlled by blackbody radiation from soot and steam. When additional chemicals are added to the fire, the flame would appear a different color according to the other chemicals. Flame coloring is also a good way to show how chemicals change when heated and how they change the matter around them.
has limited range of hues with mostly blues and red accents. There are some strong value
That form of representation or sketching involves the drawing of the skeletal structures in thick black lines, and in the case of Morrisseau’s "Astral Planes" painting, humans and animals. Lines drawn in the "Astral Planes" painting are smooth, unbroken, and with no sharp edges; mainly forming the outline of different objects on the painting. Lines get thickened in some shapes creating a volume to certain parts of the objects, such as the head and the arms of creatures. Lines and shapes integrate to produce an eye-pleasing piece of art to look at. The “x-ray” effect provides a feeling of animation to the painting observer.
Monochromatic color harmony is when one color dominates the composition. He uses a lot of yellow-orange and it just takes over the work of art compared to the few other colors present in the painting. Renoir’s painting uses a triad harmony I believe. This means that three colors equidistant from each other on the color wheel are used. I think this because Renoir uses blue-green for multiple different things in the painting such as dresses. He then uses red-violet for women’s dresses, parts of the floor, and light fixtures, which is four spots away from blue-green on the color wheel. He then uses yellow-orange for chairs, pants, hats, hair, and the guests’ faces, which is four spots away from red-violet and blue-green on the color wheel. This harmony works well with everyone that is going on in this particular
Though most works of art have some underlying, deeper meaning attached to them, our first impression of their significance comes through our initial visual interpretation. When we first view a painting or a statue or other piece of art, we notice first the visual details – its size, its medium, its color, and its condition, for example – before we begin to ponder its greater significance. Indeed, these visual clues are just as important as any other interpretation or meaning of a work, for they allow us to understand just what that deeper meaning is. The expression on a statue’s face tells us the emotion and message that the artist is trying to convey. Its color, too, can provide clues: darker or lighter colors can play a role in how we judge a piece of art. The type of lines used in a piece can send different messages. A sculpture, for example, may have been carved with hard, rough lines or it may have been carved with smoother, more flowing lines that portray a kind of gentleness.
Each art element works in tandem with the principles of design. For instance, actual lines and lines created by edges create asymmetrical balance, directional forces, contrast, and rhythm. The straight lines on the bottom help draw attention away from the jagged, overlapped edge lines, suggesting asymmetrical balance, while the jagged, overlapped edge lines create the 'paths', as stated in the textbook, for the audience to view as directional forces. Both types of lines provide a contrast and rhythm easy enough to identify as the shape of the lines and placement of multiple versions of each are seen in the painting.
Unlike science, art is subjective. The artist leaves behind a part of himself in his work. Therefore, each piece has its own distinct perspective. Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits show her view on her life, on how she has faced so many struggles, yet managed to be a strong person. When we see or hear or read an artistic creation, it produces a mood such as calm or loud, fear or safety. For example, the Eiffel Tower gives Paris a majestic awe; everyone who passes by feels the strength of the 113-year-old grand structure. Art also has a texture. Photographs reveal much through their textures; grainy surfaces often make the picture more realistic while smooth ones seem softer. When we hear a piece of music or see a film, a rhythm carries us from one part to another. Not just true for these two genres, rhythm is present in any artistic work. These few properties are characteristic of everything we encounter in the world of art, the world of human expression. Most have other special features also. Most of the time, though, we do not think about these characteristics because we do not have enough time to pay attention to anything for more than a few seconds.
Colors, are something to be determine, not just colors, they mean many things depending on the way people analyze them. Colors are important in life, not only in life but also in books. One book that really describes that is The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, colors represent many different things. One of the major colors are yellow and gold. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald describes these colors and associates them with different things. For example, gold represents real wealth and yellow represents fake gold. Fitzgerald associates colors with different things by really describing them in depth. For example, the green light at Daisy’s is just a green light, but Fitzgerald made it so that it would represent much more than that and that is what made The Great Gatsby such a great novel. Throughout the novel, Fitzgerald associates yellow and gold in depth with different things. In life people sometimes make bad decisions and do bad things to gain money. Very similar to the novel, where Jay Gatsby gains money from bad ways, while he could have gained it from good ways.
Monochromatic quilts can use shades and tints to make particular pieces stand out, highlight, or recede. As the most dominant of the pure colours, yellow is placed at the top of the wheel. The dominance of the colours is also determined by the amount of gray added to each colour. Along the right side of the colour wheel are the warmer colours.
In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Burton continues to show the colorful side of his candy stores and factory while the town is very drab and dull. Also, he uses the same concept in a flashback, showing Wonka sitting in front of a gray house, with a head contraption on his head, trying to eat candy. This shows that Wonka was a past that makes him appreciate the candy more, making him to not want to leave the factory, causing him to become isolated and socially awkward. Also, Burton uses color in Edward Scissorhands. In the movie, there is a scene where Kim is seen in a white dress and walking out to the back yard, only to find Edward cutting an ice sculpture. She is then seen spinning around in the shavings that are in the air. This is supposed to make Kim look angelic with her dress but while you see her spinning, you can see Edward in the background with his black body. This adds to the contrast of characters, Kim is pure and angelic while Edward is dark and mysterious but innocent. Plus, Tim uses color contrast in Alice in Wonderland. While there are many characters that contrast personality wise, only two contrast color wise. The red Queen is always shown in a dark red dress and have pale skin. The White Queen is shown in a white dress and pale skin. Even their houses are contrasting. Red Queen has blood red drapes and carpet while the White Queen has white everything. Naturally, everyone gravitated towards the White Queen for support, making the Red Queen the
Have you ever wondered why yellow makes you irritated? Why purple makes you feel happy? Why green calms you? Why orange helps you feel energized? Many people think that colors are just colors. But in reality, colors have been useful throughout the years as they have an huge impact on our lives. Many of us need to be aware of colors that surround us in everyday life.
Lines are paths or marks left by moving points and they can be outlines or edges of shapes and forms. Lines have qualities which can help communicate ideas and feelings such as straight or curved, thick or thin, dark or light, and continuous or broken. Implied lines suggest motion or organize an artwork and they are not actually seen, but they are present in the way edges of shapes are lined up.
Studying visual literacy means understanding the process of formally analyzing art or architecture; identifying who, what, when, where, why, and how, along with the identifying formal elements of line, color, medium, texture, shape, space. Visual and aesthetic qualities must also be considered: composition, movement, scale, light, mood, meaning, and style. The use of formal analysis, formal elements and visual and aesthetic qualities builds a foundation upon which a knowledgeable artist or critic forms an opinion about a piece.
There are six diagonal lines. At one end there are circles on them giving the impression of three circular prongs. At the other end the same size lines have cross connecting lines consistent with two square prongs. These perceptions can violate our expectations for what is possible often to a delightful effect.
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