Elements Of Art Flashcards
Visual components
Colour Space Form Value Line Texture Shape
Line
An element of art defined by a point moving in space.
May be two or three dimensional.
Shape
An element of art that is dimensional,flat,or limited to height and width.
Form
An element of art that is three dimensional and encloses volume,includes height,width and depth.
-as in a cube ,a sphere,a pyramid,or a cylinder.
Space
An element of art by which positive and negative areas are defined or a sense of depth is achieved in a work of art.
Colour
An element of art made up of three properties;hue,value and intensity.
Intensity
Quality of intensity brightness and purity.
-Hue:name of colour
High intensity:colour is strong and bright
Low intensity:colour is faint and dull
Texture
An element of that refers to the way things feel or look if touched.
Value
The lightness or darkness of tones or colours.
- the white is the lightest value and the black is the darkest value.
- Hues lightness and darkness;a colours value changes when white or black is added.