ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART

Contemporary Philippine Arts From the Regions (Lecture)

STEM S8 | Sir Jan Emerson Latiada | SEM 1 2022

ELEMENTS OF ART
● essential because we
can’t call an artwork an
artwork without these
● Elements of art are
stylistic features that are
included within an art
piece to help the artist
communicate.

Shape or Form
Space ● Shape
● emptiness which may ○ two-dimensional
either be positive or figures
negative space ○ length and width
● Positive Space ○ formed by
○ artwork itself connecting lines
○ inner ● Form
● Negative space ○ three-dimensional
○ background ○ same dimensions
○ outer + volume and
height

Color
● associated with natural
phenomenon in our
environment
○ because color
comes from the
nature

Line Value
● series of points that ● considered as lightness
come into two or darkness of color
characteristics: Form
and Direction Texture
● most basic ● tactile or illusory surface
of the piece
● Rough or smooth

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ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF ART
Contemporary Philippine Arts From the Regions (Lecture)
STEM S8 | Sir Jan Emerson Latiada | SEM 1 2022
Movement
PRINCIPLES OF ART ● guides the audience’s
eyes where to look
● used to organize the
elements used in the
artwork Rhythm
● not necessary to use all ● repetition of elements to
of them produce a pattern
Scale and Proportion
● elements that create Balance
unity within a design ● aspects of the imagery
● “The closer the subject, should be evenly
the larger they are; the distributed
farther the subject, the ● Symmetrical balance
smaller they are” ○ identical to one
● has to do with size another
● Scale - one thing has to ● Asymmetrical balance
do with another ● Radial balance
● Proportion - as a whole ○ circular
○ may center
○ paikot

Emphasis
● area in the design that
may appear different in
Harmony size, texture, shape, or
color to attract the
viewer’s attention
● unity of artwork,
specifically in reference
to the arrangement of
the parts
● “how the elements look
and work together”

Harmony
● using several designs to
ensure the audience’s
attention