ART PRINCIPLES Flashcards

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DEFINITION: BALANCE

  • SYMMETRICAL
  • One side mirrors the other
  • Creates a sense of balance and stability
  • ASYMMERTICAL
  • One side overpowers the other
  • Create a sense of unbalance and unstableness
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BALANCE

  • The distribution of visual weight in a work of art
  • The way elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in the artwork
  • Can be either SYMMETRICAL or ASYMMETRICAL
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DEFINITION: CONTRAST

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CONTRAST

  • Differences in tone, colors, textures, shapes and other art elements used to draw attention to or to male DRAMATIC parts of an artwork
  • Creates interest and tension
  • EXAMPLE: complementary colors or BLACK and WHITE = High contrast
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DEFINITION: EMPHASIS / FOCAL POINT

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EMPHASIS / FOCAL POINT

  • Occurs any time an element of a piece is given DOMINANCE by the artist
  • Directs and focuses the viewer’s attention on the most important parts of the composition
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DEFINITION: MOVEMENT

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MOVEMENT

- A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement

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DEFINITION: PROPORTION

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PROPORTION

  • The comparative amounts or ratios of an elements
  • The connection between parts and the whole
  • The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree
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DEFINITION: REPETITION / PATTERN

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REPETITION / PATTERN

  • A regularly recurring motif / shape / figure creates PATTERN
  • An IRREGULARLY recurring motif is REPETITION
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DEFINITION: RHYTHM

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RHYTHM

  • Where the use of an art element is repeated
  • Either regular or irregular repetition
  • Creates a sense of movement (Like musical beats)
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DEFINITION: SCALE

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SCALE

  • The comparative size of shapes or forms, etc
  • Within an artwork
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DEFINITION: SPACE

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SPACE

  • Distances or areas around, between, and within components of a piece of art
  • Creates the illusion of space/depth
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DEFINITION: UNITY

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UNITY

  • The similar or uniform use of an art element that unifies or ties together a composition
  • Creates a sense of balance in an artwork
  • When all the elements and principles work together to create a sense of balance
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DEFINITION: VARIETY

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VARIETY

  • The diverse use of an art element
  • Increases the visual interest of the artwork
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DEFINITION: ART PRINCIPLES

  • COMPOSITION
  • The arrangement of art elements within a work of art
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ART PRINCIPLES

  • The organization of art elements
  • How the artist has organized the art elements individually or in combination
  • Helps the artist creates a unique composition
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