The document outlines several key principles of art and design, including pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, proportion. Pattern refers to repetitive visual elements. Balance concerns the visual weight distribution. Emphasis stresses a focal point. Contrast includes differences in texture, color, and shape. Harmony refers to how well elements work together. Proportion concerns the relationship between parts' sizes. Examples of paintings demonstrating these principles are provided.
The document outlines several key principles of art and design, including pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, proportion. Pattern refers to repetitive visual elements. Balance concerns the visual weight distribution. Emphasis stresses a focal point. Contrast includes differences in texture, color, and shape. Harmony refers to how well elements work together. Proportion concerns the relationship between parts' sizes. Examples of paintings demonstrating these principles are provided.
The document outlines several key principles of art and design, including pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, proportion. Pattern refers to repetitive visual elements. Balance concerns the visual weight distribution. Emphasis stresses a focal point. Contrast includes differences in texture, color, and shape. Harmony refers to how well elements work together. Proportion concerns the relationship between parts' sizes. Examples of paintings demonstrating these principles are provided.
The document outlines several key principles of art and design, including pattern, balance, emphasis, contrast, harmony, proportion. Pattern refers to repetitive visual elements. Balance concerns the visual weight distribution. Emphasis stresses a focal point. Contrast includes differences in texture, color, and shape. Harmony refers to how well elements work together. Proportion concerns the relationship between parts' sizes. Examples of paintings demonstrating these principles are provided.
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The principles of art (or the principles
of design) are essentially a set of
criteria which are used to explain how the visual elements are arranged in a work of art. Pattern- is a very important design concept which refers to the visual arrangement of elements with a repetitive form or intelligible sequence Joaquin Sorolla, Bacchante, 1886 Balance-is concerned with the visual distribution or weight of the elements in a work of art. Efim Volkov, Seascape, 1895 Emphasis- is a way of using elements to stress a certain area in an artwork. Emphasis is really just another way to describe a focal point in your artwork. In the painting below, there is strong emphasis on the moon through the use of color contrast. George Henry, River Landscape By Moonlight, 1887 Contrast is everything in art. Without it, an artwork would be nothing but a blank surface. Contrast can come in many forms:
Texture contrast: A contrast between
smooth and textured. Many of Vincent van Gogh's paintings are great examples of texture contrast in action. Color contrast- A contrast between light and dark, saturated and dull or complementary colors (hue contrast). For example, in the painting below, the highly saturated red contrasts against the relatively dull colors in the rest of the painting. Joaquin Sorolla, Father Jofre Protecting A Madman, 1887 Rudolf von Alt, View Of Ragusa, 1841 Shape contrast -A contrast between different shapes (rectangles and circles). For example, in the painting there are the curving shapes created by the winding paths, water and trees contrast against the rectangular shapes of the buildings. Willart Metcalf, Early Spring Afternoon, Central Park, 1911 Isaac Levitan, Oak Grove, Autumn, 1880 Harmony -is a bit vague compared to some of the other principles. Generally speaking, it refers to how well all the visual elements work together in a work of art. Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1908 George Henry, Noon, 1885 Tom Thomson, Maple Saplings, 1917 Joaquín Sorolla, Sea And Rocks - Javea, 1900 Frederick Judd Waugh, Breaking Surf Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night Over The Rhone, 1888 Proportion-concerns the relationship between the sizes of different parts in an artwork. For example, the width compared to the length, the area of the sky compared to the land or the area of foreground compared to the background. Giovanni Boldini, A Guitar Player, 1873