Welcome to the World of Abstract Art

1. Welcome to the World of Abstract Art

2. What is abstract art? • Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_art)

3. What is Abstract Art? • Any art in which the depiction of real objects in nature has been subordinated or entirely discarded, and whose aesthetic content is expressed in formal pattern or structure of shapes, lines,and colors. Sometimes the subject is real but so stylized, blurred, repeated, or broken down into basic forms as to be unrecognizable. (http://www.khsd.k12.ca.us/bhs/Perry/art%20vocabulary.htm)

4. Elements and Principles

5. Balance • Balance is a feeling of visual equality in shape, form, value, color, etc. Balance can be symmetrical or evenly balanced or asymmetrical and un-evenly balanced. Objects, values, colors, textures, shapes, forms, etc., can be used in creating a balance in a composition.

6. Contrast • Contrast is the juxtaposition of opposing elements.

7. Emphasis • Emphasis is used to make certain parts of their artwork stand out and grab your attention. The center of interest or focal point is the place a work draws your eye to first.

8. Proportion • Proportion describes the size, location or amount of one thing compared to another.

9. Pattern • Pattern is created by repeating an element (line, shape or color) over and over again.

10. Gradation • Gradation of size and direction produce linear perspective. Gradation of color from warm to cool and tone from dark to light produce aerial perspective. Gradation can add interest and movement to a shape. A gradation from dark to light will cause the eye to move along a shape.

11. Composition • The combining of distinct elements to form a whole.

12. 1879 – 1940 One of the most original masters of modern art. Belonging to no specific art movement, he created works known for their fantastic dream images, wit, and imagination.A German citizen, Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, near Bern, Switzerland, on December 18, 1879, and in 1898 moved to Munich, where he studied art at a private school and at the Munich Academy. Paul Klee

13. 1914 Which elements/principles does this piece use/follow? Do you like it? Why or why not? Paul Klee’s works 1914

14. A Young Lady’s Adventure 1921 Which elements/principles does this use/follow? Do you like it? Why or why not?

15. Revolving House

16. Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain, as the son of an art and drawing teacher. He was a brilliant student. He passed the entrance examination for the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the age of 14 in just one day and was allowed to skip the first two classes. According to one of many legends about the artist's life, his father, recognizing the extraordinary talent of his son, gave him his brushes and palette and vowed to paint never again in his life. Pablo Picasso

17. Portrait of Dora Maar 1941 Which elements/principles can you see here? Do you like it? Why or why not? Pablo Picasso’s Works

18. 1925 Mandolin, Fruit Bowl and Plaster Arm