Why is it important to Analyze the Elements of Design?
According to ARTSEDGE, a program of the Education Department of 'The Kennedy Center' which specializes in educating its students about the Performing Arts:
"it is a strategy used to translate what you see into written words."
What are the Elements of Design?
Design consists of 7 elements which can be combined together to create art. The 7 elements are:
Line- The the most basic building block of design. Lines can be used to create complex shapes or to lead
your eye from one area in the composition to another.
The whole painting consists mostly of abstract shapes rather than lines.
The whole painting consists mostly of abstract shapes rather than lines.
Shapes are created when lines are combined.Examples of shapes are a
square, triangle, or circle. Shapes can be organic (irregular shapes
found in nature) or geometric (shapes with strong lines and angles such
as circles, triangles, and squares).
Organic shapes are dominant in expressionism art.
Organic shapes are dominant in expressionism art.
Value- The degree of light and darkness in a design and also the contrast between black and white.
Value can be used with other colors aside from black and white. Contrast is
the extreme changes between values.
Contrast between the sky, roads and stream in the background
Color-Functions by differentiating lines, shapes, forms,
and space in art. Even black and white images have different
shades of the color gray.
Texture- The surface quality that can be seen and felt. Textures can be rough or smooth, soft or hard. Textures are often implied in drawings. For instance, a drawing of a rock might appear to have a rough and hard surface, but in reality is as smooth as the paper on which it is drawn.
Texture- The surface quality that can be seen and felt. Textures can be rough or smooth, soft or hard. Textures are often implied in drawings. For instance, a drawing of a rock might appear to have a rough and hard surface, but in reality is as smooth as the paper on which it is drawn.
Proportion- What is created when the sizes of elements in a
work of art are combined harmonious. Consider the Following Diagram from Bluemoonwebdesigns.com
Proportion plays a huge role in 'The Scream'. The agonized figure depicted screaming looks like the closest thing to the viewer in comparison to the background.
Movement- is the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art. The purpose of movement is to create unity in the artwork with eye travel. Repetition, rhythm and action are used to give this characteristic to art:
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| How Repetition & Rythm creates movement in art |
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| Implied action in art which gives a sense of movement |
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