elements of visual art english iii pre-ap. aesthetics: the study of artistic composition as it...
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Elements of Visual Art
English III Pre-AP
Aesthetics: The study of artistic composition as it relates to visual effect.
Line• The continuous mark made on some
surface by a moving point.
Shape
• An enclosed space defined and determined by other items such as line, color, value, and texture.– Distinct from form, which has depth– May be described as
• Definite / amorphous• Simple / compound
Color
• A quality determined by hue, saturation, and value.– Hue: The property or wavelength that gives a
color its name.– Saturation: The purity or concentration of a
given hue– Value: The relative lightness or darkness of a
color.
Perspective
• The technique artists use to project the illusion of a 3-dimensional world onto 2-dimensional space.
• Created by use of– Converging/receding lines– Variation of object sizes– Overlapping objects– Height within the picture plane
Proportion
• The relationship of one part to another or to the whole with respect to size, quantity, or degree.
• Associated with emphasis
Space
• Refers to the distance or area between, around, above, below, or within things.
• Associated modifiers– Two-dimensional / Three-dimensional– Flat / deep– Closed / open– Positive / negative– Actual / ambiguous / illusory
School of AthensRaphael
The Great MigrationPanel #18Jacob Lawrence
The Prison Courtyard
Vincent Van Gogh
Street OratorJacob Lawrence
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon
Pablo Picasso
The Great Migration – Panel #52Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence’s Style
• Aesthetics– Elemental, flattened shapes– Opaque and highly saturated color– Repeating patterns w/ emphatic breaks– Frequent use of grouping– Frequent use of limited space– Critics: “unsophisticated” and “barbaric”
• Content– The African-American experience– The plight of the poor– Family values– Manual labor (“builders”)
• Technique– Classified as “expressive cubism” or “dynamic
cubism”• Stresses simultaneity of action or experience (as
opposed to simultaneity of being)
• Influences– African abstraction– Rhythms of jazz and oratory– Mexican muralists
• Artistic goal– “For me, a painting should have three things:
universality, clarity, and strength.”