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Stokstad's STARTER KIT p.xvi + INTRODUCTION

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  TEXT: STOKSTAD's Starter Kit p. XIV  Make sure you understand the page on the F ormal Elements and Principles of Design  as I had shown last class.   In it contains the   language   we will be using to discuss works of art continually throughout the course.  Vocabulary  needs to be studied in order to become  fluent  in the visual language we are discussing.  Summarize  the main ideas from our text... The Words Art Historians Use Essential vocabulary to describe - textually/audibly interpret a visual image or form Form Refers to an object's structure (not shape). Form describes a 3D object or the illusion of three dimensionality.   Composition How a maker composes a creative form. This can be made either on a flat surface (2D) or in three dimensions (3D) as in something that exists in space, occupies space and has actual form. Material = singular          Media = plural  The materials that an artist/designer  moves around  in order to make something.  This may include the gro
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The Elements + Principles of Design

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The  elements  and  principles of design   are the foundational building blocks used to create a visual work.  The elements of design are the  A, B, C' s that are put together by any artist or  designer  to create an image or object.   The  grammar  of how these elements are used by anyone creating a visual image or object. Good or bad, all visual works will contain most of these elements, the nine elements of design. The principles of design can be thought of as how an artist or designer, or anyone making something visual, makes use of them. How we manipulate the elements and principles of design, or, how we employ them, creates an  impression  that an audience will  interpret .  These are the artist and designers  writing tools  of how they express an  idea, if you will.  How we apply the  principles  of design determines how  successful we are in creating a work of art. THE ELEMENTS OF VISUAL DESIGN Line Shape  Color Volume, mass and form Space Texture Value Rhythm LINE Line can
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