ART APPRECIATION CHAPTER 3

• Elements of Art


  Qualities or properties inherent in each work of art
• Elements of Visual Art

  • Texture
  • Space
  • Color
  • Form
  • Light
  • Shadow
  • Line
• Texture


  Deals more with the sense of touch
• Medium


  Physical means through which we can come into contact with a work of art
• Line


  Important element at the disposal of every artist, always have directions, can be straight or curved, forms the basic framework of any forms, lacks softness and flexibility
• Straight Line


  • Always with Flexibility, bouyancy, and grace, in one direction only (horizontal, vertical or diagonal)
• Horizontal Line


  • Lines of repose and serenity, express calmness and quiescence
• Vertical Line


  • Lines poised for action, ponce, balance, Force, aspiration, exaltation and dynamism
• Diagonal Line

  • Suggest action, life, and movement, give animation to any composition
• Elements of Visual Art

  • line
  • Color
  • texture
  • space
  • volume
• Line

  Lets us know what work is about
• Color


  Quality or kind of light reflects from the surface of the object
• Texture


  Deals more with the sense of touch
• Curved lines


  • Grace, subtleness, direction, Instability, movement, Flexibility, Joyousness and grace
• Crooked or Jagged lines

  • Energy, violence, conflict and struggle
• Color


  Has the most aesthetic appeal, property of light, when light goes out colors goes with it
• Light of the sun contains the spectrum: Violet, Indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red
• Dimensions of Color


  • Hue
  • Value
  • Intensity
• Hue


  Dimension of color that gives the color its name
• Primary hues


  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
• Secondary hues


  • orange
  • green
  • violet
• Warm hues


  • red, yellow (Sun, Fire and other Source of heat), cheerful, vivacious, joyous, exciting
• Red


  Color of fire and blood, warmest and most vigorous, most exciting, passion and energy
• Yellow


  Color of light, most brilliant, cheerful, exultant
• Green


  Cheerful, magnificence, life and Splendor, vegetation, life and freshness
• Violet


  Shadows, mysteries
• Black


  Despair, death, pain
• Orange


  Deliciousness and warmth
• Blue


  Color of sky and deep and still water
• Value


  Also called chiaroscuro, the quality of color which depends on the amount of light and dark in it
• Tint


  • Value above the normal
• Shades


  • Value below the normal
• Intensity


  The third dimension of color, referring to brightness or darkness
• More black or white is added


  The weaker the intensity of the color
• Two kinds of color harmonies

  • Related color harmonies
  • Contrasted color harmonies
• Monochromatic harmony


  • Made up of several tones of one hue
• Monochromatic harmony


  • Orange, tan, brown, and family of orange
• Adjacent harmony

  • Uses 2 or 3 neighboring hues on the color circle
• Adjacent harmony


  • Tones of green, yellow, orange
• Complementary colors


  • Colors directly opposite each other on the color circle