(3) Elements of Visual Art

What is the ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART?

The elements of visual arts refers to the materials being used by artists in producing their work.

What is the ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART?

The materials can be divided into two: 1

1. Medium is a physical material where the artwork is created and the material that is used to create the artwork. This is concrete.

- For example, if an artist uses oil paints, canvas, and brushes to create a painting, then oil paint, canvas, and brushes would be the medium used for that artwork.

What is the ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART?

The materials can be divided into two: 2

2. Elements

-are the fundamental components or building blocks used by artists to create a piece of artwork.

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART

1. Line

- it is considered as the simplest, most basic, and most universal way of creating visual arts

is considered as an omnipresent (always present or constantly appearing) element that is dynamic in force because it pulls the vision of the viewer of an artwork

Two Main Types of Lines

straight

curved

Line - Horizontal

Horizontal lines are normally associated with rest or calm,

Line - vertical

Vertical line on the other hand, connote elevation or height, which is usually taken to mean exaltation or aspiration for action.

Horizontal and vertical lines

Horizontal and vertical lines refers to the orientation of the line.

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART

1. Line - Diagonal lines

convey movement and instability, although the progression can be seen

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART

1. Line - Crooked lines

Crooked or jagged lines, on the other hand, are reminiscent of violence, conflict, or struggle.

ELEMENTS OF VISUAL ART

1. Line - Curved lines

these are lines that bend or coil.

They allude to softness, grace, flexibility, or even sensuality.

1. Line

In "The Raft of Medusa,"

the position and orientation of the bodies that are aboard the raft are predominantly diagonal in direction. This creates not only movement but also tension in the scene. Based on an actual event, the painting depicts the 1816 wreckage of the French government ship called Medusa.

Shape and Form

These two are related to each other in the sense that they define the space occupied by the object of art.

Shape refers to two dimension: height and width, while form refers to three dimensions: height, width, and depth. Even if shapes are part of a bigger picture, each can be identified by breaking the visual components apart and making distinctions based on what we know and what we have seen.

Shape and Form

Two categories can be used as a broad distinction:

a) Geometric

b) Organic

Shape and Form

a) Geometric these shapes find origin in mathematical propositions.

As such, its translation and use are often man-made. These include shapes such as squares, triangles, cubes, circles, spheres, and cones, among others.

Shape and Form

b) Organic shapes

are those readily occurring in nature, often irregular and asymmetrical. The design of the vase is foliage, a sample from a series that made use of morning glories.

Shape and Form

Shapes may also be implied. For instance, Raphael's famous painting "The Madonna of the Meadows"

depicts three figures: Mary, the young Jesus (right), and the young John the Baptist (left). The positions in which the group takes allude to a triangular shape reinforced by the garb of Mary.

What is Space?

Space in a work of art refers to a feeling of depth or three dimensions. It can also refer to the artist's used of the area with the picture plane.

Space is

Three-dimensional space is used to refer both to depth-real or represented-and also to the general surface area within a work of art. Some periods of art history show a great deal of interest in creating convincing illusions of three-dimensional space in two-dimensional media.

Space

Look at how Raphael creates an illusion of three-dimensional form in La Donna Velata.

Through careful variations in value, particularly in shading the use of darker colors to create the illusion of shadows Raphael convinces us that the woman in the painting is really there in three dimensions.

Color

Color is perhaps one of the elements that enhances the appeal of an artwork, its effect has range, allowing the viewer to make responses based on memory. emotion, and instinct, among others.

Color

The color wheel corresponds to the first property of color, hue.

a) Hue this dimension of color gives its name. It can be subdivided into:

• Primary colors red, yellow, blue

• Secondary colors - green, orange, violet

• Tertiary colors - six in total, these hues are achieved when primary and secondary colors are mixed.

Color

The color wheel corresponds to the first property of color, hue.

a) Hue this dimension of color gives its name. It can be subdivided into:

b) Value

this refers to the brightness or darkness of color. Often, this is used by artists to create the illusion of depth and solidity, a particular mood, communicate a feeling, or in establishing a scene (e.g., day and night).

• Light colors - taken as the source of light in the composition

• Dark colors the lack or even absence of light

Color

c) Intensity this is the color's brightness or dullness.

It is identified as the strength of color, whether it is vivid or muted. To achieve a specific intensity of a color, one may add either gray or its complementary color.

• Bright or warm colors positive energy

• Dull or cool colors - sedate/soothing, seriousness or calm

Color - Monochromatic harmonies

use the variations of a hue. An example is Claud Monet's "Houses of Parliament."

Color - Complementary harmonies

To Notice the altar piece featuring Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Roch. Along with them is Saint Lucy, patron of the blind, whose red and green garb beautifully showcases an example of complementary harmonies.

involve two colors opposite each other in the color wheel. Since they are at contrary positions, the reaction is most intense.

Color - Complementary harmonies

To Notice the altar piece featuring Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Roch. Along with them is Saint Lucy, patron of the blind, whose red and green garb beautifully showcases an example of complementary harmonies.

Color - Analogous harmonies

make use of two colors, besides each other in the color wheel.

Texture

It is used to describe the surface quality of the work, referencing the type of lines the artist created. The quality of an object that we sense through touch. It can be tactile (real) or strictly visual (implied).