Principles of Design
Principles of Design The ART ELEMENTS (line, shape, color, value, texture, form and space) combine to form the PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
Movement To create the illusion of action and a sense of motion guides the viewer's eyes throughout the artwork Barbara Hepworth
Movement Giacomo Balla Umberto Boccioni
Movement EvolutionofGenius.com Ruth Duckworth
Movement Dale Chihuly Jen Stark
Movement
Movement Sydney Opera House
Movement Tony Cragg Jennifer McCurdy
Movement Static- Very little movement
Movement Dynamic
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Pattern With repetition, a pattern can be created. Any element can be repeated to form a pattern: line, shape, color, value, texture
Kandinsky’s Concentric Circles
MC Escher Tessellation
Pattern
Pattern
Pattern
Pattern Aino Kajaiemi Lauren Clay
Pattern
Contrast Opposites - A large difference between two things; for example, hot and cold, green and red, light and shadow, smooth and rough, organic and geometric B L A C K W H I T E
Contrast
Contrast Richard Deacon
Contrast
Contrast Ruth Duckworth
Repetition an Element of art used over and over and over and over again
Repetition Louise Nevelson Dale Chihuly
Repetition Andy Goldsworthy
Repetition
Repetition
Repetition Tony Cragg
Repetition Alexander Calder
Repetition
Proportion the size relationship of one part to the whole of an object
Proportion Rodin Alberto Giacometti
Proportion Anish Kapoor
Proportion
Proportion Coosje van Bruggen and Claes Oldenburg Donald Lipski
Balance Arranged elements so that no one part seems heavier or overpowers another Symmetrical Balance - one side duplicates or mirrors the other Asymmetrical Balance - one side differs from the other Radial Symmetry - similar parts regularly arranged around a central axis
Symmetrical Balance Su Blackwell Peter Beasecker Ferry Staverman
Asymmetrical Balance Scott Bennett Tony Cragg
Radial Balance Angela O'Kelly Richard Sweeney Jen Stark
Variety The combination of different elements of art The opposite of variety is unity Jen Stark Barbara Hepworth
Variety Sol LeWitt Louise Nevelson
Unity the look of completeness or wholeness A totality that combines all of its parts into one complete, cohesive whole. Richard Deacon Alexander Calder
Unity Sol LeWitt
Emphasis points of interest that pull the viewer's eye to important parts Scott Bennett
Emphasis
Umberto Boccioni