MAPEH: Elements of Arts and Modern Art

• Color


  Light reflected off of an object
• Hue


  Main property of Color (difference?)
• Value


  How light and dark a Color is
• Intensity


  How bright or dull a color is
• Shape


  2D objects that can be freeform
• Form


  3D objects that have length, width, depth
• Space

  Between and around object
• Negative Space


  The excess space around an object
• Line


  Greater length than width, provides movement to an artwork
• Texture


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  • Smooth
  • Rough
  • Soft
  • Hard
• Repetition and Pattern


  Repeated use of an art element
• Contrast


  Contains both value and texture, light and dark, smooth and rough
• Balance


  Combination of art elements to produce visual weight
• Emphasis


  Highlights an art element, has a Focal Point
• Impressionism


  Outdoors, Spontaneously on the spot
• Examples of Impressionism

  • Water Lillies
  • Sunrise
• Post-impressionism

  Builds upon the innovations of impressionism
• Expressionism

  Emphasis on emotions and subjective experiences
• Example of Fauvism

  • Woman with a Hat
• Fauvism

  Bold vivid colors and visual distortions
• Dadaism


  • Melancholy and mystery of a street
• Dadaism


  Dream fantasies, memory images, visual tricks, Surprises
• Surrealism


  • The Persistence of Memory
• Surrealism


  Subconscious, departure from reality
• Social Realism


  • Guernica
• Social Realism

  Art that contributes to social change
• Expressionism


  Expresses the inner world of an artist