1. The 7 Basic Elements of Art

2. COLOR
Warm vs. Cool colors

4. Warm Colors
Warm colors can evoke heat, passion, intensity and the like.

5. Alexander Calder, Four Arches, 1974.

6. Alexander Calder, Flamingo, 1974.

7. Dan Flavin, Untitled VIII.

8. Cool Colors
Cool colors can evoke feeling that are calm, somber, or subdued.

9. Alexander Calder.

10. Dan Flavin.

11. Multiple Colors
An abundance of bright colors together can create a festive mood.

12. Dan Flavin, Alternating Pink and Gold, 1967.

13. Bruce Gray.

14. Black & White Neither warm nor cool.
Black & white have strong associations, many of which are culturally influenced.

15. Alexander Calder, Heads and Tails, 1965.

16. Monochromatic
Louise Nevelson ( )

17. Louise Nevelson, Dawn’s Wedding Chapel II, 1959.

19. Louise Nevelson, Royal Tide IV, 1960.

20. LINE
Curved vs. Jagged
Horizontal vs. Vertical
Diagonal

21. Curved lines
May suggest calm.

22. Henry Moore,

23. Henry Moore, Recumbent Figure, 1938.

24. Jagged lines
May suggest movement or menace.

28. Horizontal lines
May suggest calm and quiet.

29. Henry Moore.

30. Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1929.

31. Vertical lines
May suggest height or vertical aspirations.

32. Constantin Brancusi, Bird in Space, 1923.

33. Milan Cathedral, begun 1386.

34. Diagonal lines
May suggest movement/action.

35. Alexander Calder, Flamingo, 1974.

36. Dave Rittinger, Color Pencil Tree.

37. Bruce Gray.

38. SHAPE & FORM
2-dimensional vs. 3-dimensional

39. TEXTURE
Texture is the way the surface feels: smooth, rough, bumpy etc.

40. Constantin Brancusi, Sleeping Muse, 1908.

41. LIGHT Light has long been used to artistic effect.
The development of artificial light brought new posibilites for the use of light in art.

42. Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, started 1193.

43. Bernini, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1647-1652.

44. Louise Nevelson, Dawn’s Wedding Chapel II, 1959.

45. Artificial Light Dan Flavin (1933-1996) Bruce Nauman (1941- )
James Turrell ( )

46. Dan Flavin, Untitled, 1973.

47. Bruce Nauman, Human/Need/Desire, 1983.

48. James Turrell, 2013.

49. James Turrell, Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, 2012.

50. SPACE
Sculpture
Architecture
Installations

51. Movement in Space
Alexander Calder ( )

55. Movement in Space
Jean Tinguely ( )

58. *DESIGN* Design is how the elements of art work together.
The way the elements of art work together creates the design of the piece.