Principals and elements of art gr 9 Flashcards
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Movement
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- Principal of design
- Creating the look and feel of action to guide the viewers eye throughout the work of art. it can move the viewers eyes to a focal point
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Variety
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- Principal of design
It involves combining art elements with slight changes to increase visual interest
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Pattern
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- Principal of design
- A regular arrangement of alternated or repeated elements (ex shapes, liens, colours)
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Contrast
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- Principal of design
- The juxtaposition (comparison) of diff elements of design (ex rough and smooth textures, light and dark values) in order to highlight their differences and\or create visual interest or a focal point
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Emphasis
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- Principal of design
- Special attention to one given park of a work of art. Can be achieved thru placement, congrats, colour, size, repetition
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Balance
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- Principal of design
- A feeling of balance results when the elements of design are arranged symmetrical or asymmetrical to create the impression of equality in weight it importance
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Proportion
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- Principal of design
- The relationship between objects with respect to size, number, and so in, including the relationship between parts of a whole
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Unity
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- Principal of design
- The arrangement of elements to given the viewer the feeling that all parts of the piece form a coherent whole
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Rhythm
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- Principal of design
- Repeating an element of art to make a work seem active or suggest vibration
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Line
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- Element of art
- Line is the path of a moving point
- Line defines the edges of shapes and forms
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Shape
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- Element of art
- Shape is a closed line
- Shape can be geometric like squares and circles or organic like free formed shapes or natural shapes, they are flat and can express length and form
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Form
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- Element of art
- Forms are three-dimensional shapes expressing length width and depth
- Balls cylinders boxes and triangles are forms
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Texture
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- Element of art
- Texture is the surface quality of an artwork how it feels or how it looks like it would feel
- Textures do not always feel the way they look
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Space
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- Element of art
- Space is the area around and i between an object - Space can be positive or negative (positive is the objects, elements or images in the object, negative is around object)
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Value
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- Element of art
- Is the degree of light or dark in an image
- Value is directly related to contrast
- Value helps create form