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To be posted on humnlit.wordpress.com. Visual Elements. Shape Mass Texture. Shape. the expanse within the outline of a 2D area or within the outer boundaries of 3D objects. A shape becomes visible when:. a line/s enclose/s an area
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To be posted on humnlit.wordpress.com Visual Elements Shape Mass Texture
Shape • the expanse within the outline of a 2D area or within the outer boundaries of 3D objects
A shape becomes visible when: • a line/s enclose/s an area • the apparent change in value, color, or texture sets an area apart from its surroundings
Kinds of Shapes1. Geometric • precise, regular shapes • found mostly in the man-made world • squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, ovals
Kinds of Shapes2. Organic • irregular, uneven, often curving and rounded • free-form • relaxed, informal
Figure and Ground Figure (positive shape) • the shape we detach and focus on • subject, active, dominant Ground (negative shape) • the surrounding visual information the figure stands out from • neutral or passive background areas
Figure-ground relationships - interactions between figure (positive) and ground (negative) shapes - a fundamental aspect of perception; it allows us to sort out and interpret what we see.
Figure-ground reversal - when interactions between figure shapes and ground shapes are heightened in some images
Madonna of the Meadows (1505). Raphael.
Mass • a three-dimensional form • the physical bulk of a solid material Volume • the space within a form • the quality of an object which enables us to know that it has thickness/depth as well as length and breadth
Actual and Implied Mass • actual mass – as on a three-dimensional object • implied mass – as on a two-dimensional surface
Recumbent Figure (1938). Henry Moore. Green hornton stone. Length. 54 inches. Qennefer, Steward of the Palace (1450 BC) Black granite 2 feet, nine inches.
Texture • the tactile qualities of surfaces or their visual representation • experienced by touching or by visual suggestion
Actual and Simulated Texture • actual texture – can be felt by touch • simulated texture (implied) - created to look like something other than paint on a flat surface
Princesse Albert de Broglie, née Joséphine-Eléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1853). Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres.
Impasto • a technique where paint is laid on the canvas thickly enough for the brushstrokes to become visible
Pattern • repetitive, ordered surface designs • can create visual texture but tends to flatten our perception of mass and space
To be posted on humnlit.wordpress.com Visual Elements Time and Movement
Time and Movement • Time is a non-spatial continuum—events occur in succession. • Because we live in a combined environment of space and time, our experience of time often depends on our movement in space and vice versa.
