Balance: Symmetrical Temple of Poseidon at Paestum

PRINCIPLES OF ART

Balance: Symmetrical

Temple of Poseidon at Paestum

TYPES OF BALANCE

Radial

Asymmetrical

EMPHASIS

HARMONY

VARIETY

GRADATION

MOVEMENT/ RHYTHM

Maria Martinez San Ildefonso Pueblo, Santa Fe,

New Mexico Married Julian Martinez 1908 and 1909 Was asked to

replicate some pre-historic pottery styles that had been discovered in an archaeological excavation of an ancient pueblo site near San Ildefonso

Maria and Julian invented a technique that would allow for areas of the pottery to have a matte finish and other areas to be a glossy jet black

Pottery sells for $1200 to $13000

PROPORTION

Exhibited work and demonstrations at 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, 1914 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego, 1934 Chicago World's Fair

circa 1930 3" x 9

$7800

THE ELEMENTS OF ART: BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS OF ART

An Element of art, Line refers to the continuous mark made on a surface by a moving point.

Line

THE ELEMENTS OF ART

An Element of Art: shape is an enclosed area defined and determined by other art elements such as line, color, value and texture.

Shape

THE ELEMENTS OF ART

An Element of art, form is 3 - dimensional and encloses volume inside. Examples of forms are cubes, spheres and pyramids. In art we think of forms as sculpture.

Form

THE ELEMENTS OF ART

Value: An Element of art which refers to the lightness or darkness of a color or tone in a work of art.

THE ELEMENTS OF ART: TEXTURE

Texture refers to the surface quality or “feel” of a work of art. Textures can be actual or simulated. Actual textures would be something that you could physically feel with your fingers, while simulated textures are suggested by the way the artist has created certain areas of an image.

THE ELEMENTS OF ART

An Element of art color has three properties:

1. Hue, the name of the color, like red, yellow, or blue, etc.

2. Intensity, the purity and strength of a color, such as bright red or dark red.

3. Value, the lightness or darkness of a color.

Color can be broken up into three sets; primary, secondary, and intermediate colors.

Color

THE ELEMENTS OF ART: SPACE

Space is the area provided for a particular purpose. Greek Pottery will have three dimensions (length, width, and height). Space includes the background, foreground and middle ground. Space refers to the distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece. There are two types of space: positive and negative space. Positive space refers to the space of a shape representing the subject matter. Negative space refers to the space around and between the subject matter.