the principles of design the elements of art and the principles of design
the elements of art the building blocks of an artwork
color The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso 1903
Vision after the Sermon, Paul Gauguin color The Tragedy, Pablo Picasso 1903 Vision after the Sermon, Paul Gauguin 1888
line Cardinal, Franz Kline 1950
value Rue Transonian, Honore Daumier 1834 Gottardo Piazzoni in his studio, Ansel Adams 1932
Indefinite Divisibility, Yves Tanguy form Indefinite Divisibility, Yves Tanguy 1942
Blue Nude II, Henri Matisse shape Blue Nude II, Henri Matisse 1952
The Glorification of St. Ignatius, Fra Andrea Pozza 1694 space The Glorification of St. Ignatius, Fra Andrea Pozza 1694
texture actual texture Twilight of the West, Anslem Kiefer 1989
texture visual texture Still-Life with Late Ming Ginger Jar Willem Kalf 1669
the principles of design how we use the elements of art
Guernica, Pablo Picasso 1937 balance Guernica, Pablo Picasso 1937
contrast Melancholy and Mystery of a Street, Giorgio de Chirico 1914 Green Formality, Hans Hoffmann 1955
The Last Supper, Tintoretto, 1592 emphasis The Last Supper, Tintoretto, 1592
Harriet Tubman, Aaron Douglas, 1931 emphasis Harriet Tubman, Aaron Douglas, 1931
figure/ground relationships Crucifixion: Hypercubic Body, Salvador Dali 1954 The Sleeping Gypsy, Henrie Rousseau 1897
f/g relationships skewed/ ambiguous Sky and Water, M.C. Escher 1938 Rubin’s Vase, artist unknown Base on Edgar Rubin’s Vase
Dynamism of a Car, Luigi Russolo 1912-1913 movement Dynamism of a Car, Luigi Russolo 1912-1913
proportion scale and Travelers among Mountains and Stream, Fan Kuan early 11th Century detail
repetition The Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai 1831 Marilyn, Andy Warhol c. 1967
Stacks in Celebration, Charles Sheeler 1954 rhythm Stacks in Celebration, Charles Sheeler 1954
variety unity vs. Estate, Robert Rauschenberg 1963 Townscape: Madrid, Gerhardt Richter 1968