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Elements In Art

Images from: "Tidying up Art"
by Ursus Wehrli
ISBN 3-7913-3003-9


Elements of
Art:

Space:
The creation of distance around, between, above, below, and within an object or group of objects.
Line: A mark, hatch, or stroke – strokes used in combinations can create texture
Form: 2 dimensional shapes with values changes will appear to be 3 dimensional and enclose volume.
Texture: The representation of a surface quality, a simulation.
Value: Created by light reflecting from or being absorbed by a surface reflects, highlight or
shadows. Changes in value can enhance a sense space and 3 dimensional form.
Color: 3 parts - hue (color name), saturation (intensity, purity, or saturation), and value
(lightness or darkness, white or black added to main hue).
Shape: creates a 2 dimensional area defined by line, value, texture, or space


"Color Table" by
Klee


"Stick it Out!" by
Klee


"Models" by
Seurat

"Suprematism" by
Malevich

"The Red Armchair" by
Picasso

"Young Love" by
Magritte

"Sky Blue" by
Kandinsky

"The Miliner's Shop Window" by
Macke

"Grrrrrrrrrrr!!" by
Lichtenstein

"Village Square" by
Bruegel

"Red Spot II" by
Kandinsky

"Blue Nude IV" by
Matisse

"The Woodcutter" by
Malevich

"Golconde" by
Magritte

"Ostrich" by
Picasso

Keith Haring

"Bedroom at Arles" by
Van Gogh

"Mystical Head: Galka" by
Jawlensky