This document discusses various artistic elements and concepts including: the purposes of art, the components of a work of art, definitions of line and different types of lines, definitions of value and the use of light/dark contrasts, definitions of shape and form, definitions of space and techniques artists use to create the illusion of space like linear perspective and atmospheric perspective. It encourages the reader to pay attention to their final and discusses different artistic elements like line, value, shape, form and space.
6. LANGUAGE OF ART
Purposes Of Art
Personal, Social, Spiritual, Physical,
and Educational
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7. LANGUAGE OF ART
Purposes Of Art
Personal, Social, Spiritual, Physical,
and Educational
The Work of Art
Subject, Composition, and Content
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10. LINE
De鍖nitions of line
Types of line: contour, gesture,
implied and value
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11. LINE
De鍖nitions of line
Types of line: contour, gesture,
implied and value
What kind of feelings do these
lines convey: vertical, horizontal,
diagonal, curved, and zig-zag
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22. SPACE
De鍖nitions-space, positive and negative
How artists create space (linear
perspective, horizon line, vanishing
points, overlapping, size difference,
placement)
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23. SPACE
De鍖nitions-space, positive and negative
How artists create space (linear
perspective, horizon line, vanishing
points, overlapping, size difference,
placement)
The parts of atmospheric perspective
(color, value, details)
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