THE ELEMENTS OF

ART
 LINE
 A path created by a
moving point, mark or
object. It is a dot that
takes a walk. Line can
be straight, swirly,
wavy, dotted, dashed,
broken, thick, thin, zig
zag, diagonal, vertical,
horizontal, curved,
bold, parallel
or perpendicular.
SHAPE
A two-dimensional (2D),
flat enclosed area. When
a line crosses over itself it
creates a shape. Examples
of shapes could be
geometric, natural,
irregular, circle, square,
rectangle, diamond, oval,
crescent, heart, triangle,
octagon.
COLOR
The element of art
derived from reflected or
absorbed light. Color
adds interest and mood
to a work of art. It is also
referred to as "Hue".
The primary colors are
red, yellow and blue. The
secondary colors are
created by mixing the
primary colors. They are
purple (violet), orange
and green.
TEXTURE
How something feels or looks like it
would feel if you could touch it.
There are two kinds of texture:
Real (how something actually feels,
such as a sculpture) and Implied
(when an artist paints or draws a
texture but it is artificial).
FORM
Objects having three dimensions
(3D), or height, width, and
depth. You can walk around a
form. Examples of form can include
cubes, cylinders, and spheres.
VALUE
The lightness or darkness of an
object. The degree of lightness or
darkness. The effect of light and
shade in a picture. Value
vocabulary includes tint (adding
white to make something lighter),
shade (adding black to make
something darker) and hue (the
true color). Shadow, highlight,
and light source are also some
vocabulary words to consider
with this element of art.
SPACE

The element of art that

refers to the emptiness or
area around or within
objects. Positive space refers
to the part of the artwork
that takes up space. Negative
space is the area around that
object. This element of art
also refers to the "parts" of
the picture.
Impressionism

The Fundamentals of Color

 Impressionism
 Is an art movement and style of painting
that started in France during the 1860s.
Impressionism is a light, spontaneous
manner of painting
 The movement's name came from Claude
Monet's early work, Impression: A Sunrise,
which was singled out for criticism in an
exhibition. The style captures light in a scene.
 Impressionism
Claude Monet
 “IMPRESSION,
SUNRISE”,1872 gave
the name to the entire
Impressionist
movement.
 Although the work of
the Impressionist
painters appears very
spontaneous, they
carefully and
scientifically planned
their work.
Impressionism
Background Information
 Impressionist painters
were considered
radical in their time
because they broke
many of picture-
making rules set by
earlier generations.
 They found many of
their subjects in life
around them rather
than in history.
Impressionism
 Everyday Life
 The impressionists tried
to paint what they saw at
a given moment.
 They often painted
outdoors, rather than in a
studio, so they could
observe nature more
directly.
Impressionism
 Light and Color
 The Impressionists used
vibrant, light colors,
sometimes mixed directly
on the canvas. This
technique and application
was much different than
the darker colors used
earlier in traditional art.
 Impressionism
 Brushstrokes:
 Fascinated with
capturing movement,
Impressionists applied
their paint with quick,
brushstrokes.
 Impressionism
Outdoor setting:

The Impressionists valued

nature as a subject for their
paintings. Unlike academic
artists, they painted real
life, landscapes as they saw
them.
Rather than painting
historical, religious, or
mythological subjects, the
Impressionists chose to
paint everyday scenes from
the world they knew.
 Impressionism
 Weather & Atmosphere
Impressionists’ paintings
Were created mainly from
Outdoor natural scenes.
The Time of day,
Atmosphere,
And Season can be seen
in their paintings.
 Claude Monet-Important Works
CLAUDE MONET (1840-1926)
was one of the founders of the
impressionist movement along
with his friends Auguste Renoir,
Alfred Sisley, and Frédéric Bazille.
He was the most prominent of the
group; and is considered the most
influential figure in the movement.
Monet is best known for his
landscape paintings, particularly
those depicting his beloved flower
gardens and water lily ponds at his
home in Giverny.
 Impressionism
Claude Monet
Monet felt that nature
knows no black or white
and nature knows no line.
These beliefs resulted in
this artist creating
beautifully colorful and
energetic pieces of work.
The leading member of
the Impressionists,
Claude Monet captured
nature's wonderful light
BRIDGE OVER POND OF WATER IRISES IN MONET’S GARDEN
LILIES

LA
EDOUARD MANET Edouard
Manet (1832-1883)

was one of the first 19th century

artists to depict modern-life
subjects. He was a key figure in
the transition from realism to
impressionism, with a number of
his works considered as marking
the birth of modern art.
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AT THE CAFE

RUE MOSNIER DECKED WITH

FLAGS
 AUGUSTE RENOIR
Auguste Renoir (1841-1919),
along with Claude Monet, was
one of the central figures of the
impressionist movement. His
early works were snapshots of
real life, full of sparkling color
and light. By the mid-1880s,
Renoir broke away from the
impressionist movement to apply
a more disciplined, formal
technique to portraits of actual
people and figure paintings.
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BOATING PARTY

DANCER
A GIRL WITH
WATERING CAN
 POST-IMPRESSIONISM

After the brief yet highly influential period of

impressionism, an outgrowth movement known as post-
impressionism emerged. The European artists who were
at the forefront of this movement continued using the
basic qualities of the impressionists before them—the
vivid colors, heavy brush strokes, and true-to-life
subjects. However, they expanded and experimented with
these in bold new ways, like using a geometric approach,
fragmenting objects and distorting people’s faces and
body parts, and applying colors that were not necessarily
realistic or natural. Two of the foremost post-
impressionists were Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh.
 PAUL CEZANNE
PAUL CEZANNE Paul Cézanne
(1839–1906) was a French artist
and post-impressionist painter.
His work exemplified the
transition from late 19th-century
impressionism to a new and
radically different world of art in
the 20th century—paving the
way for the next revolutionary
art movement known as
expressionism.
STILL LIFE WITH
COMPOTIER

HARLEQUIN
 VINCENT VAN GOGH

(1853-1890) was a post-

impressionist painter from The
Netherlands. His works were
remarkable for their strong,
heavy brush strokes, intense
emotions, and colors that
appeared to almost pulsate with
energy. Van Gogh’s striking style
was to have a far-reaching
influence on 20th century art,
with his works becoming among
the most recognized in the
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BEDROOM AT ARLES
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 EXPRESSIONISM

A Bold New Movement in the early 1900s, there

arose in the Western art world a movement that
came to be known as expressionism. Expressionist
artists created works with more emotional force,
rather than with realistic or natural images. To
achieve this, they distorted outlines, applied
strong colors, and exaggerated forms. They
worked more with their imagination and feelings,
rather than with what their eyes saw in the
physical world.
Among the various styles that arose
within the expressionist art movements
were: Fauvism , dadaism, surrealism
socialrealism.
 FAUVISM
FAUVISM – was a style that use bold, vibrant
colors and visual distortions. It’s name is
derived from “Les fauves” (“Wild Beast”)
referring to the group of French expressionist
painters who painted in this style. Perhaps
the most known among them was Henri
Matisse.
WOMAN WITH HAT
HENRI MATISSE

BLUE WINDOW
HENRI MATISSE
 DADAISM
Dadaism was a style characterized by dream fantasies,
memory images, and visual tricks and surprises—as in
the paintings of Marc Chagall and Giorgio de Chirico.
Although the works appeared playful, the movement
arose from the pain that a group of European artists
felt after the suffering brought by World War I.
Wishing to protest against the civilization that had
brought on such horrors, these artists rebelled against
established norms and authorities, and against the
traditional styles in art. They chose the child’s term for
hobbyhorse, dada, to refer to their new “non-style.”
I AND THE VILLAGE
MARC CHAGALL

MELANCHOLY AND
MYSTERY OF A STREET
GIORGIO DE CHIRICO
 SURREALISM

Surrealism was a style that depicted an

illogical, subconscious dream world beyond
the logical, conscious, physical one. Its name
came from the term “super realism,” with its
artworks clearly expressing a departure
from reality—as though the artists were
dreaming, seeing illusions, or experiencing
an altered mental state.
PERISTENCE OF MEMORY
SALVADOR DALI

PERSONAGES WITH STAR

JOAN MIRO
 SOCIAL REALISM

The movement known as social realism. It expressed

the artist’s role in social reform. Here, artists used
their works to protest against the injustices,
inequalities, immorality, and ugliness of the human
condition. In different periods of history, social
realists have addressed different issues: war, poverty,
corruption, industrial and environmental hazards,
and more—in the hope of raising people’s awareness
and pushing society to seek reforms.
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BEN SHAHN
GUERNICA
PABLO PICASSO