This document provides an overview of key elements of art including line, shape, form, space, color, value, and texture. It defines each element and provides examples from famous artists such as Picasso, Van Gogh, and Matisse to illustrate different types within each element category. Examples range from prehistoric artifacts like Stonehenge to modern abstract paintings to demonstrate how artists have incorporated these fundamental elements into their works over time.

1. The Elements of Art The Artist’s Toolbox

2. Line A path of a moving point through space.

5. Shape A two-dimensional area that is defined in some way.

7. Organic Shapes Helen Frankenthaler. The Bay . 1963. Henri Matisse. La Gerba . 1953.

8. Form A three-dimensional object.

10. Artist Unknown. Nike of Samothrace . 190 BCE. Audrey Flack. Amor Vincit Omnia . 1989.

11. Space Refers to the emptiness or area between, around, above, below, or within objects.

13. Deborah Butterfield. Isabelle . 2001. Stonehenge . Salisbury Plain. 2300-1848 BCE.

15. Peter Bruegel. Hunters in the Snow . 1565.

16. Color An element of art that is derived from reflected light.

18. Primary Colors Secondary Colors Roy Lichtenstein. Hopeless . 1963. Marc Chagall. The Green Violinist . 1923-24.

19. Value Describes the darkness or lightness of an object.

20. Pablo Picasso. Old Guitarist . 1903. Edward Weston. Pipes and Stacks . 1922.

21. Texture Refers to how things feel or look as if they might feel if touched.

22. Vincent Van Gogh. Starry Night . 1889.

23. Jomon Style Ceramics . Ancient Japan. Robert Rauschenberg. Monogram . 1950-55.

24. Student Examples of the Elements of art Journal Pages