1. The beginning of Visual art
and Design
By Ntombikayise Amos 200676172

2. Why are the arts important?
• They are languages that all people speak that cut across racial,
cultural, social, educational, and economic barriers and enhance
cultural appreciation and awareness.
• They are symbol systems as important as letters and numbers.
• They integrate mind, body, and spirit.
• They provide opportunities for self-expression, bringing the inner
world into the outer world of concrete reality.
• They offer the avenue to "flow states" and peak experiences.
• They create a seamless connection between motivation,
instruction, assessment, and practical application--leading to deep
understanding.
• They are an opportunity to experience processes from beginning to
end.

3. Why the arts…
• They develop both independence and collaboration.
• They provide immediate feedback and opportunities for reflection.
• They make it possible to use personal strengths in meaningful ways
and to bridge into understanding sometimes difficult abstractions
through these strengths.
• They merge the learning of process and content.
• They improve academic achievement -- enhancing test scores,
attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking.
• They exercise and develop higher order thinking skills including
analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and "problem-finding."
• They are essential components of any alternative assessment
program.
• They provide the means for every student to learn
By Dee Dickinson

4. WHY DO PEOPLE MAKE ART?
• RELIGIOUS ART
• ART FOR THE DEAD
• ART AND NATURE
• FUNCTIONAL ART
• ART FOR ARTS SAKE

5. RELIGIOUS ART
• Seated Buddha Akshobhya (?),
the Imperturbable Buddha of the
East, 9th–10th century
Tibet
Gilt copper; H. 22 13/16 in.(57.8 cm)
• Page from an Illuminated Gospel,
early 15th century
Ethiopia, Lake Tana region
Wood, vellum, pigment; H. 16 1/2 in.
(41.9 cm)

6. ART FOR THE
DEAD
• Statue of Demedji and
Hennutsen, ca. 2465–26
B.C.E.; early Dynasty 5; Old
Kingdom
Egyptian
Rogers Fund, 1951 (51.37)
• Triumph of Dionysos and the
Seasons Sarcophagus, ca.
260–270
Roman
Phrygian marble; H. 34 in. (86.4
cm)

7. ART AND NATURE
MAYA LIN
"The Wave Field,"
1995. Shaped earth;
100 x 100 feet.
University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan

8. FUNCTIONAL ART
• Jacket, ca. 1616
British; Made Great Britain
linen, silk, metal; L. at center
back: 16 ½in. (42 cm).
Rogers Fund, 1923 (23.170.1)
• Kiki Smith. (American, born
Germany 1954). 1995. Artist's
book, page (irreg.): 13 x 9" (33
x 22.9 cm). Edition: 2,500.
Publisher: Pace Wildenstein,
New York. Printer: Diversified
Graphics, Minneapolis.

9. The Elements of Design are:
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Line
Shape and Form
Value
Color
Space
Texture

10. Line
The path of a point moving through space is a
line. Lines may be explicit (right, Matisse) or
implied (left, Hopper)

11. Shape
& Form
Shape implies form and is perceived as 2dimensional (below, Twombly), while form
implies depth, length, and width and is
perceived as 3-dimensional (right, Michelangelo)

12. 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 (right, Ojibwe beadwork)

13. Value
Value refers to
the relative level
or darkness or
lightness of a
color in terms of
contrast (left,
Raphael)

14. Texture
The tactile (touchable) qualities of an
object, actual or implied (right, Bernini
and left, Rauschenberg)

15. Space
& Perspective
Space is the area in which art is
organized. Perspective is representative of
volume of space or a 3-D object on a flat
surface (above, Escher, right, Da Vinci)

16. The Principles of Design are:
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Movement and Rhythm
Balance
Proportion
Variety and Emphasis
Harmony and Unity

17. Pattern
Pattern is the repetition or reoccurrence of a
design element, exact or varied, that
establishes a visual beat (left, Warhol and
above, Klimt)

18. Rhythm
& Movement
Rhythm or movement is the suggestion
of motion through the use of various
elements (above, Pollock, and right, an
unknown artist, India)

19. Proportion
& Scale
Proportion is the size relationship of parts
to a whole and to one another. Scale is to
relate size to a constant, such as a human
body (left, Serra, below, a woman adds
tiny details to a Pueblo plate).

20. Balance
Balance is the impression of
equilibrium in a pictorial or sculptural
composition. Balance is often referred
to as symmetrical, asymmetrical, or
radial (above, a photo of a flower, and
to the right, Copley)

21. Unity
Unity is achieved when the components of a
work of art are perceived as harmonious,
giving the work a sense of completion (left,
Hokusai, below, Manet)

22. Emphasis
Emphasis is the created center of interest,
the place in an artwork where your eye first
lands (left, Toulouse-Lautrec, above,
O’Keeffe)

23. The Principles of Design in Review
The Principles of Design are the ways that artists use the Elements of Art to
create good Compositions (artwork)
Balance
Contrast
Emphasis
Variety
Unity/Harmony
Proportion
Rhythm
Movement
Pattern
Repetition

24. REFERENCES
• Adapted from Project ARTiculate’s Elements & Principles of Art
http://www.projectarticulate.org
• Presented by: bruceblackart.com
• Presented By Mrs. Cole : The Elements and Principles of Design
• Principles of Design for the Artist : BRUCEBLACKART.COM
• http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTicul
ationFinal/MainPages/LineMain.htm
• http://www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTicul
ationFinal/MainPages/LineMain.htm