Elements of art Flashcards
Most basic visual
Dots
connecting dots
Line
Vertical represents
Stability and Strengh
Horizontal represents
Rest and Repost
Diagonal represent
Action and movements
Curved
Grace and beauty
Have two dimensions, height and width are define by lines
Shape
We see them in nature
Organic shape
The shape that we knew
Geometric
considered as “line
of grace” and “line of
beauty.
Curved lIne
associated with
pointed and sharp
object.
jagged lines
Diagonal lines
create
a sense of
movement in
the painting.
have two
dimensions, height
and width are
usually defined by
lines.
Shape
Categories of shape and definition
1.Geometrical
came from
mathematical
perspective.
2.Organic Shape
-often we see them in nature
exist in three
dimensions with
height, width, and
depth.
Form