Althea Sophia D.

San Jose 12 Humss Palma

Contemporary Arts week 5

ACTIVITY 1: Data Tabulation Chart

ELEMENTS OF ART DEFINITION

1. LINE It is one-dimension indefinable path created by a
point moving in space-lines vary in width,
direction, and length, and can be horizontal,
vertical, o diagonal, straight or curved, thick or
thin, line often define the edges of a form.
2. COLOR It is the light reflected off objects. It has three
main characteristics hue its red, yellow, blue and
etc. Value describes the brightness of color, color
value is used to create different moods, intensity
is the purity as strength of a color, it is the
brightness color. Chroma it’s refers to the degree
of vividness of a color, or how pure it is compared
to its representative on the color wheel.
3. VALUE The lightness or darkness of colors, white is the
lightest value and black is the darkest, and gray is
the middle value.
4. SHAPE Two dimensions, height and width, and are
usually defined by lines.
5. FORM Three dimensions that has depth, width and
height. Form may also be free flowing, form can
be seen from more than one side.
6. TEXTURE A visual sense of how an object depicted would
feel in real life if touched: hard, soft, rough,
smooth, hairy leathery, sharp and etc.
7. SPACE Space in a work of art refers to feeling or depth
or three dimensions. It is an element of art by
which positive and negative areas are defined or
a serve of depth achieved in a work of art.
PRINCIPLE OF ART
1. BALANCE The visual distribution or weight of the elements
in a work of art.
A. SYMMETRICAL BALANCE When one image is mirrored on the other side to
repeat itself.
B. ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE When different types of elements create a visual
balance.
2. EMPHASIS A way of combining those elements to stress the
differences between those elements. It create a
variety and a sense of importance in your
artwork.
 3.CONTRAST Refers to the arrangement of opposite elements.
It is the difference between art elements like
color, value, size, texture, and so on can intensify
the element used.
4. RHYTM It is indicates the movement, created by the
careful placement of repeated elements in a
work of art to cause a visual tempo or beat.
5. PATTERN AND REPETITION Refers to the visual arrangement of elements
with repetitive form or intelligible sequence.
6. UNITY Refers to how different elements of an artwork or
design work come together and create a sense of
who is someone. It can be achieved through
proximity, simplicity, repetition and continuation.
7. VARIETY Refers to the use of differing qualities or
instances of visual elements. It can be used to
break up monotonous or repetitive areas.
8. PROPORTION The relationship between the sizes of different
parts in an artwork. Some proportions are
considered to be visually pleasing, such as the
rule of thirds and the golden ration.