2. Elements of Art Line Color Shape/Form Texture Space Value The Sisters Mary Cassat
3. Line An element of art: mark on a surface created by a tool (pencil, pen, brush) Vincent Van Gogh Grove of Cypresses 1889
4. Color Appearance of object that is created by the differing qualities of light it reflects Claude Monet Impression: Sunrise 1872
5. Shape/Form Two-dimensional area defined by line or color change Three-dimensional artwork such as sculpture, architecture, various crafts. Also shown by shading when drawing a 3-D form on a flat surface John Frederick Peto The Old Violin 1890
6. Texture Actual texture is the way a surface feels; visual texture is the way it looks as if it would feel Mary Cassatt Margot in Blue 1902
7. Space Usually related to showing foreground, middleground, and background on a flat surface M. C. Escher Procession in Crypt 1927
8. Value Lightness or darkness of a color; color added to white to create tints; black added to a color to create shades Rembrandt van Rijn Self-Portrait 1659
9. Principles of Art Balance Emphasis Proportion Movement Rhythm, Repetition, and Pattern Variety Unity Starry Night Van Gogh
10. Balance A harmonious arrangement of parts or elements in a design Chateau de Chambord
13. Movement Motion; may be simulated or actual in an artwork The Great Wave of Kanagawa Katsushika Hokusai
14. Rhythm, Repetition, and Pattern Sense of visual movement regular or harmonious pattern created by repetition of lines, shapes, or colors Marilyn Monroe Andy Warhol
15. Variety Principle of art in which elements are different and combined in a pleasing, non-chaotic manner I Spy Walter Wick
16. Unity Seen or felt when all parts of an artwork give viewer a sense of harmony and completion Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci
