Elements of art: those qualities of a design that include:

1. Elements of art: those qualities of a design that include: Balance: a feeling of equality in weight, attention, or attraction of the various elements within a composition as a means of accomplishing unity. This sculpture is asymmetrically balanced. The weight of the shape on the right side is balanced by the number of smaller objects on the left side, and the space that they seem to enfold. The mother and child in this painting are placed at the center of the composition, directly on the central vertical and horizontal axes. The symmetrical balance is reinforced by matching figures on either side of the throne and by the artist's equally strong emphasis on horizontal divisions of the composition. Bernardo DaddiMadonna and Child with Saints Helen and Peter and Saints Catherine and Paul; The Angel of the Annunciation; Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata; The Virgin of the Annunciation; The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John1339 Tempera and gold ground on poplar panel The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Alexander Calder, Mobile , Circa 1948 Iron, paint, Walker Art Center Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Maslon

2. Color: a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; the visual response to the wavelengths of light, identified as red, blue, green, etc.; primary and secondary colors; warm, cool, and neutral colors, color value; hue; and intensity. • Primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. With these three colors (and black and white) all other colors can be made. • Secondary colors: green, purple, and orange. These three colors are derived from mixing equal amounts of two of the three primary colors (see illustration). • Tertiary colors: red-orange, yellow-orange, blue-violet, red-violet, yellow-green, • blue-green. These colors are derived from mixing a secondary an a primary

3. Warm Colors – Cool Colors Cool color: colors whose relative visual temperatures make them seem cool. Cool colors generally include green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, and violet. Warm color: Colors whose relative visual temperature makes them seem warm. Warm colors or hues include red-violet, red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, and yellow. Artist: Jan VermeerTitle: Girl Asleep at a Table Year: 1657Form of Art: realisticColor Scheme: warm (red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow and values) Artist: Pablo PicassoTitle: Femme AllongéeLisant (Marie-Thérèse)Year: 1939Form of Art: abstractColor Scheme: cool (yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue-purple and values)

4. Abstract: art that looks as if it contains little or no recognizable or realistic forms from the physical world. Focus is on formal elements such as colors, lines, or shapes.

5. Abstract Expressionism: art that has few recognizable images with great emphasis on line, color, shape, texture, value; putting the expression of the feelings or emotions of the artist above all else. Jackson Pollock, Eyes in the Heat1946, Oil on canvas54 x 43 in.Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Franz KlinePainting Number 21954, Oil on canvas6'8 1/2" x 8'9" (204.3 x 271.6 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York Helen FrankenthalerMountains and Sea, 1952Oil on canvas, 7' 2 5/8" x 9' 9 1/4"National Gallery of Art, Washington

6. Illustration: a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that stresses subject. The aim of an Illustration is to decorate a story, poem or piece of text by providing a visual representation of something described in the text. Aubrey Beardsley's peacock dress illustration for Oscar Wilde's Salomé Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends

7. Impressionism: a loose spontaneous style of painting that originated in France about 1870. The impressionist style of painting is characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by a scene or object and the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light. Monet, Water Lily Pond Van Gogh, Starry Night

8. Landscape: a painting, drawing or photograph which depicts outdoor scenery. They typically include trees, streams, buildings, crops, mountains, wildlife, rivers and forests. Bierstadt, AlbertThe Great Trees, Mariposa Grove, California1876, Oil on canvas118 3/8 x 59 1/4 in, Private collection Chili Thom, Dawn of Hope 36”x48”

9. Portrait: a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait I, oil on boar(16-1/4 x 12-3/4 inches), Art Institute of Chicago. ShepardFairey, Hope, acrylic on paper, 69 9/16 x 46 1/4“, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC

10. Realism: a style of painting which depicts subject matter (form, color, space) as it appears in an ordinary experience without distortion or stylization. Chuck Close John, 1971-1972 Acrylic on gessoed canvas 100 x 90 inches Audrey Flack, Rich Art, 1972-73, 50 x 36 in

11. Sculpture: any three-dimensional form created as an artistic expression. NIKE, VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE, 2.73 meters, marble, Louvre Museum, Paris France

12. Still Life: Still life: a painting or other two-dimensional work of art representing inanimate objects such as bottles, fruit, and flowers. Paul Cezanne, Still Life with Basket of Apples, 1890-94; 24 3/8 x 31 in; The Art Institute of Chicago