Art I

Elements of Art• Perspective

• Light

• Color

• Form

• Motion

• Proportion

• Symbols

• Lines

Perspective• Perspective is the way in which artists create an

illusion of depth on a flat surface. For hundreds of years painters have tried to represent accurately a scene that exists in three dimensions on a two-dimensional canvas. One of the ways to create this illusion is to make the objects that are far away smaller than those that are closer to the viewer.

Giovanni Arnolfini and His BrideJan Van Eyck, 1434

Light• Just as stage designers use lighting to spotlight a

performer, painters will often highlight important elements in paintings

Color• Use of different colors provide emphasis, emotion,

etc. Often colors highlight parts of an image to draw specific attention to it.

Form• By using light and shadows, artists give volume to

their subjects. One way one can give figures three-dimensional form is to reflect light off their bodies and paint shadows cast by them.

Motion• Depicting motion is a technique painters use to keep

our attention focused on the picture.

Proportion• Proportion usually refers to the way different

elements in a painting relate to each other in terms of size.

Symbols• Many artists include items that symbolize other items,

emotions, beliefs, ideas, etc.

Lines• An identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can

vary in width, direction, and length.

Stylistic Category/Period:Renaissance

Michelangelo

Leonardo da Vinci

Michelangelo

Mercy from Vatican and The Creation of Adam from Sistine

Leonardo da Vinci

Virgin of Rocks

Stylistic Category/Period: Baroque

Caravaggio

JOHANNES VERMEER

Rembrandt

Girl with a Pearl Earring1665

Oil on Canvas

• This painting inspired a 1999 novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring,, about a modest Dutch maid who becomes a model for the painter Johannes Vermeer.

• The book was made into a movie in 2003 starring Scarlet Johannson and Colin Firth.

Caravaggio

Cruxifition of St. Peter

Rembrandt

THE NIGHT WATCH

LESSON OF ANATOMY

Stylistic Category/Period:Impressionism

and Post-Impressionism

Claude MonetMary Cassatt

Georges Seurat Vincent Van Gogh

Claude Monet

LE BASSIN AUX NYMPHEAS

PAINTING OF VENICE

Mary Cassatt

THE CHILD’S BATH

THE BOATING PARTY

Georges Seurat Study for A Sunday on La Grande Jatte,

Vincent Van Gogh

STARRY NIGHT

SELF PORTRAIT

Stylistic Category/Period:Expressionism

MATISSE

Edvard Munch

Edvard Munch

THE SCREAM

MATISSE

FALL OF ICARUS

Stylistic Category/Period:Surrealism

Salvador Dali

Rene Magritte

Salvador Dali

THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY

Rene Magritte SON OF MAN

LES AMANTS

Master of Many 20th Century Styles:Pablo Picasso

If you choose Picasso identify each artwork with the appropriate style in which he

worked:

Blue Period

Cubism

Rose Period

20th Century Neoclassic

Pablo Picasso

THE WEEPING WOMAN

CUBISM: THE THREE MUSICIANS

Pablo Picasso BLUE PERIOD: THE ABSINTHE DRINKER NAD OLD GUITARIST

Stylistic Category/Period:Pop Art

Roy Lichtenstein

Claes Oldenburg

Andy Warhol

Roy Lichtenstein

80 x 68 inches

48 x 48 inches48 x 48 inches

48 x 48 inches

Claes Oldenburg

FLYING PINS

SPOON BRIDGE AND CHERRY

Andy Warhol

Stylistic Category/Period:Organic Architecture

Frank Lloyd Wright

MUSEUMS AROUND THE WOLRD

SMITHSONIAN, WASHINGTON DC

Le Louvre, Paris, France

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 

New York City, New York, United States 

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NY, USA

Frank Lloyd Wright

Honduran Artists

Julio Visquerra

Cesar Ordoñez

Roque Zelaya

“El Anciano” Maya

Adonay Navarro

Jesus Zelaya

References

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/camera_obscura/co_two.html (February 19, 2008)

www.wga.hu (February 19, 2008)

www.artlex.com (February 19, 2008)

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C. General Guidelines

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Image Size is Important

• When doing an image search look for pixel size.

• Best images have at least one dimension between 500 pixels and 1000 pixels.

Image Size is Important

128 x 121 pixels

70 x 66 pixels

512 x 484 pixels

AVOID ENLARGING

630 x 523 pixels

Example of Image Size

600 x 900 pixels Example of Image Size

Font 18

Font 20

Font 24

Font 32

Font 40

Font 16

Font 14

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Examples of Difficult to Read Fonts:CurlzCursiveGigiFrench Script

• As much as possible use the font sizes in the template.• You may change them if necessary.• You may change font style, HOWEVER, follow these guidelines.

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your images.

Background colors should not be bright colors (yellow, orange, red, etc.).

Neutral colors are good (like this tan).

Use ONLY ONE backgroundin your presentation.

You may use background colors.

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You may use background colors.

Background colors range from very light to dark (use white letters if you

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