2. Principles of Design What we use to organize the Elements of
Art, or the tools to make art. They are concepts that affect
content and message.
3. Principles of Design Balance Emphasis Contrast Movement
& Rhythm Unity Variety Proportion
4. The way the elements are arranged to create a feeling of
stability in a work. Alexander Calder BALANCE
5. Symmetrical Balance The parts of an image are organized so
Leonardo DaVinci that one side mirrors the other.
6. Asymmetrical Balance When one side of a composition does not
reflect the design of the other. James Whistler
7. EMPHASIS The focal point of an image, or when one area or
thing stand out the most. Jim Dine Gustav Klimt
8. EMPHASIS The part that catches your attention first.
9. EMPHASIS Can be created through the use of many different
elements and principles like CONTRAST PROPORTION COLOR
10. A large difference between two things to create interest
and tension. Ansel Adams Salvador Dali Contrast
11. with color Contrast with proportion/scale
12. RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM RHYTHM and MOVEMENT A
regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of
movement. Marcel Duchamp
13. MOVEMENT The motion created in a work of art. Often uses
the principle of rhythm to achieve this.
14. RHYTHM The repetition of lines, shapes, or colors to create
a feeling of movement.
15. Vincent VanGogh
16. When all the elements and principles work together to
create a pleasing image. The feeling of wholeness or the parts
belonging together. Johannes Vermeer UNITY
17. The use of differences and change to increase the visual
interest of the work. Marc Chagall VARIETY
18. VARIETY The use of different lines, shapes, and colors in a
piece of work.
19. The comparative relationship of one part to another with
respect to size, quantity, or degree; SCALE. Gustave Caillebotte
PROPORTION
20. PROPORTION
21. ART CARD HOMEWORK On one side of your art cards should be
the definitions for the Elements of Art. Your homework is to find
works of art that shows each definition Print them in color Glue
them to the card Include the artists name, title of the work, and
the date is was created THIS IS DUE ON. 4AC: FRIDAY, 9/26 &
1BD: MONDAY, 9/29
22. You should now have 7 Principles of Design Cards to save in
your Art Card Envelope!
23. Please hand in your 14 E&P Art Cards with the rubric
when theyre done ! Write your name on them!!!
24. When returned to you, keep all of your Art Cards in your
Art Card Envelope! You can study from them for your mid-term and
final exams. * You should have 22 cards. *
