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Chapter 2 The Language of Art & Architecture. Art 111 Art Appreciation PRINCIPLES OF ART Spring 2012. Color. All of the colors are derived from the three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and black and white. Color has three properties: hue, value, and intensity . Ojibwe beadwork.
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Chapter 2The Language of Art & Architecture Art 111 Art Appreciation PRINCIPLES OF ART Spring 2012
Color All of the colors are derived from the three primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and black and white. Color has three properties: hue, value, and intensity. Ojibwe beadwork
Hue Name andproperties of a color
Value Relative Light and Darkness Local Value (Rendering) Created Value (Modeling)
Color Systems Additive Subtractive red + green + blue = white magenta+yellow+cyan=black
Complementary Contrasts Opposite colors are complementary
Analogous Colors Are beside each other on the color wheel
Tints & Shades Visualize the color wheel created in different ways
PRINCIPLES OF ART Composition - the arrangement of formal elements in a work of art. Pattern/Repetition Balance Rhythm/Movement Proportion & Scale Emphasis Unity/Harmony Variety/Contrast
Pattern & Repetition Pattern refers to the repetition or reoccurrence of a design element, exact or varied, which establishes a visual beat. Blanket Tlingit people, Chilkat style. Mountain goat wool and cedar bark, 31" × 71", excluding fringe.
Functions Pattern may function as decoration. Pattern helps organize ideas into visual diagrams that make relationships clear.
Rhythm & Movement Rhythm or Movement refers to the suggestion of motion through the use of various elements Time and Motion, particularly in photography, film, kinetic sculpture and performance art are directly related to this principle. Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2),Marcel Duchamp1912. Oil on canvas, 57 7/8" × 35 1/8"
Kinetic Art Examples . • Film: • Race Horse First Film Ever 1878 Eadweard Muybridge • Performance: • The Lovers, 2005, Bill Viola • Sculpture • Theo Jansen's Object which I made with paper
Balance • Balance - placing elements so that their visual weights seem evenly distributed. • Types of balance: • Symmetrical: exact or even balance of objects or activity in a composition (mirror images) • Asymmetrical: careful distribution of uneven elements. counterbalanced with contrasts such as dull and bright colors, dark with light values, geometric with organic shapes, active and inactive areas • Radial: objects or activity rotating around a center point
Symmetrical Balance Cow’s Skull: Red, White, and Blue, 1931, Georgia O’Keefe, oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 35 7/8 inches. A tile from The Wazir Khan Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, 1634-1635 A.D
Asymmetrical Balance Composition with Yellow, Blue, and Red, 1937–42,Piet Mondrian, oil on canvas, 72.5 x 69 cm Relativity, 1953, M.C. Escher, lithograph, 10.9x11.5 inches
Radial Symmetry Strasbourg Cathedral, 1015-1439, Strasbourg, France, architecture, 142 m (466 ft) Interior of the Rose Stain Glass window at Strasbourg Cathedral. World’s tallest building from 1647 to 1874
Symmetry in Architecture Video TajMahal, 1632–1653, Agra, India, 171 m (561 ft)