THE ELEMENTS OF ART

LINE
A path created by a
moving point, mark or
object. It is a dot that
takes a walk. Line can be
straight, swirly, wavy,
dotted, dashed, broken,
thick, thin, zig zag,
diagonal, vertical,
horizontal, curved, bold,
parallel or perpendicular.
 SHAPE
A two-dimensional (2D), flat
enclosed area. When a line
crosses over itself it creates a
shape. Examples of shapes
could be geometric, natural,
irregular, circle, square,
rectangle, diamond, oval,
crescent, heart, triangle,
octagon.
 COLOR
The element of art derived
from reflected or absorbed
light. Color adds interest and
mood to a work of art. It is also
referred to as "Hue". The
primary colors are red, yellow
and blue. The secondary colors
are created by mixing the
primary colors. They are
purple (violet), orange and
green.
 TEXTURE
How something feels or looks like it
would feel if you could touch it. There
are two kinds of texture: Real (how
something actually feels, such as a
sculpture) and Implied (when an artist
paints or draws a texture but it is
artificial).
 FORM
Objects having three dimensions (3D), or
height, width, and depth. You can walk
around a form. Examples of form can
include cubes, cylinders, and spheres.
 VALUE
The lightness or darkness of an
object. The degree of lightness
or darkness. The effect of light
and shade in a picture. Value
vocabulary includes tint (adding
white to make something
lighter), shade (adding black to
make something darker) and hue
(the true color). Shadow,
highlight, and light source are
also some vocabulary words to
consider with this element of
art.
 SPACE
The element of art that refers
to the emptiness or area around
or within objects. Positive
space refers to the part of the
artwork that takes up space.
Negative space is the area
around that object. This
element of art also refers to the
"parts" of the picture...
Foreground, Middle ground
and Background!
Impressionism

The Fundamentals of Color

 Impressionism
Is an art movement and style of painting that
started in France during the 1860s.
Impressionism is a light, spontaneous manner
of painting
The movement's name came from Claude
Monet's early work, Impression: A Sunrise,
which was singled out for criticism in an
exhibition. The style captures light in a scene.
 Impressionism
Claude Monet
IMPRESSION,
SUNRISE,1872 gave
the name to the entire
Impressionist
movement.
Although the work of
the Impressionist
painters appears very
spontaneous, they
carefully and
scientifically planned
their work.
Impressionism
Background Information
Impressionist painters
were considered
radical in their time
because they broke
many of picture-
making rules set by
earlier generations.
They found many of
their subjects in life
around them rather
than in history.
Impressionism
Everyday Life
The impressionists tried
to paint what they saw at
a given moment.
They often painted
outdoors, rather than in a
studio, so they could
observe nature more
directly.
Impressionism
Light and Color
The Impressionists used
vibrant, light colors,
sometimes mixed directly
on the canvas. This
technique and application
was much different than
the darker colors used
earlier in traditional art.
 Impressionism
Brushstrokes:
Fascinated with
capturing movement,
Impressionists applied
their paint with quick,
brushstrokes.
 Impressionism
Outdoor setting:
The Impressionists
valued nature as a subject
for their paintings. Unlike
academic artists, they
painted real life
landscapes as they saw
them.
Rather than painting
historical, religious, or
mythological subjects, the
Impressionists chose to
paint everyday scenes
from the world they knew.
 Impressionism
Weather & Atmosphere
Impressionists paintings
Were created mainly from
Outdoor natural scenes.
The Time of day,
Atmosphere,
And Season can be seen
in their paintings.
 Claude Monet-Important Works
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
was one of the founders of the
impressionist movement along
with his friends Auguste Renoir,
Alfred Sisley, and Frdric
Bazille. He was the most
prominent of the group; and is
considered the most influential
figure in the movement. Monet
is best known for his landscape
paintings, particularly those
depicting his beloved flower
gardens and water lily ponds at
his home in Giverny.
 Impressionism
Claude Monet
Monet felt that nature
knows no black or white
and nature knows no line.
These beliefs resulted in
this artist creating
beautifully colorful and
energetic pieces of work.
The leading member of the
Impressionists, Claude
Monet captured nature's
wonderful light
BRIDGE OVER POND OF WATER IRISES IN MONETS GARDEN
LILIES

LA
PROMENADE
EDOUARD MANET Edouard
Manet (1832-1883)

was one of the first 19th century

artists to depict modern-life
subjects. He was a key figure in
the transition from realism to
impressionism, with a number of
his works considered as marking
the birth of modern art.
ARGENTEUIL

AT THE CAFE

RUE MOSNIER DECKED WITH

FLAGS
 AUGUSTE RENOIR
Auguste Renoir (1841-1919),
along with Claude Monet, was
one of the central figures of the
impressionist movement. His
early works were snapshots of
real life, full of sparkling color
and light. By the mid-1880s,
Renoir broke away from the
impressionist movement to apply
a more disciplined, formal
technique to portraits of actual
people and figure paintings.
DANCER
LUNCHEON OF THE
BOATING PARTY

A GIRL WITH
WATERING CAN
 POST-IMPRESSIONISM
After the brief yet highly influential period of impressionism, an
outgrowth movement known as post-impressionism emerged.
The European artists who were at the forefront of this movement
continued using the basic qualities of the impressionists before
themthe vivid colors, heavy brush strokes, and true-to-life
subjects. However, they expanded and experimented with these
in bold new ways, like using a geometric approach, fragmenting
objects and distorting peoples faces and body parts, and applying
colors that were not necessarily realistic or natural. Two of the
foremost post-impressionists were Paul Czanne and Vincent van
Gogh.
 PAUL CEZANNE

PAUL CEZANNE Paul Czanne (18391906) was a French artist

and post-impressionist painter. His work exemplified the
transition from late 19th-century impressionism to a new and
radically different world of art in the 20th centurypaving the
way for the next revolutionary art movement known as
expressionism.
 VINCENT VAN GOGH

VINCENT VAN GOGH Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a post-

impressionist painter from The Netherlands. His works were
remarkable for their strong, heavy brush strokes, intense
emotions, and colors that appeared to almost pulsate with
energy. Van Goghs striking style was to have a far-reaching
influence on 20th century art, with his works becoming among
the most recognized in the world.
 EXPRESSIONISM

A Bold New Movement in the early 1900s, there arose in

the Western art world a movement that came to be known
as expressionism. Expressionist artists created works with
more emotional force, rather than with realistic or natural
images. To achieve this, they distorted outlines, applied
strong colors, and exaggerated forms. They worked more
with their imagination and feelings, rather than with what
their eyes saw in the physical world.
Among the various styles that arose within
the expressionist art movements were:
Neoprimitivism , Fauvism , dadaism,
surrealism socialrealism.
 Neoprimitivism

was an art style that incorporated elements

from the native arts of the South Sea
Islanders and the wood carvings of African
tribes which suddenly became popular at
that time. Among the Western artists who
adapted these elements was Amedeo
Modigliani, who used the oval faces and
elongated shapes of African art in both his
sculptures and paintings.
 Dadaism
Dadaism was a style characterized by dream fantasies,
memory images, and visual tricks and surprisesas in the
paintings of Marc Chagall and Giorgio de Chirico.
Although the works appeared playful, the movement arose
from the pain that a group of European artists felt after
the suffering brought by World War I. Wishing to protest
against the civilization that had brought on such horrors,
these artists rebelled against established norms and
authorities, and against the traditional styles in art. They
chose the childs term for hobbyhorse, dada, to refer to
their new non-style.
Surrealism
Surrealism was a style that depicted
an illogical, subconscious dream world
beyond the logical, conscious, physical
one. Its name came from the term
super realism, with its artworks
clearly expressing a departure from
realityas though the artists were
dreaming, seeing illusions, or
experiencing an altered mental state.
Social Realism
The movement known as social realism. It expressed
the artists role in social reform. Here,artists used
their works to protest against the injustices,
inequalities, immorality, and ugliness of the human
condition. In different periods of history, social
realists have addressed different issues: war,
poverty, corruption, industrial and environmental
hazards, and morein the hope of raising peoples
awareness and pushing society to seek reforms.