Shape and Colour

Elements of Art Shape: An element of art that has two-dimensional, flat or limited height and width. Colour: An element of art made up of three properties: hue, value and intensity Hue: name of colour Value: hue’s lightness and darkness ( a colour’s value changes when white or black is added) Intensity: quality of brightness and purity (high intensity= colour is strong and bright. Low intensity= colour is faint and dull)

Matisse 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter. [1]draughtsmanprintmaker sculptor [1] Matisse is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, as one of the three artists who helped to define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts in the opening decades of the twentieth century, responsible for significant developments in painting and sculpturPablo Picasso Marcel Duchampplastic arts