By: Zaiba Mustafa .. Visual Art Elements & Principles of Design Copyright © 2009 www.digiartport.net The Elements of Art One of the main objectives of this course is to learn how to critically analyze art works‚ including your own and how to communicate about the arts and communicate with art. To do this‚ it is necessary to have a basic understanding of the elements of art commonly referred to as the language of art. The elements are what the artist uses to create the work (with or without intent)
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Leonardo da Vinci was a talented artist of his time. He was publicly known for incorporating the skills of art and science. He had many important works of art such as the Mona Lisa‚ the study of human proportions according to Vitruvius‚ The Last Supper and many more. The Last Supper was one of his famous pieces‚ which to this day is still trying to be restored through millions of dollars and hours of hard work. Leonardo da Vinci was raised in the small town of Vinci. His mother was a peasant
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The Birth of Venus‚ Sandro Botticelli Before writing this review of a painting‚ I asked myself several times of what should I choose‚ what is my favourite or the most peculiar masterpiece for me? After a short dilemma I figured out that I am fond of Italian Renaissance‚ especially Early Renaissance. Most of all I enjoy and admire the Florentine School‚ brightly represented in the paintings of Sandro Botticelli. The painting of his that attracts me most is The Birth of Venus. The work on it was
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Aphrodite vs. Birth of Venus Throughout the history of art the human form has captured artisans and their audiences. While the human form has always been acceptable in art‚ the nude female form continues to stir up controversy. Praxiteles was a famous artist during the Greek late classical period who sculpted and created controversy on the island of Knidos when he made Aphrodite of Knidos (350-340 B.C.). This new idea of a nude goddess made the island famous‚ putting it on the map as a
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known for The Birth of Venus‚ he also painted common works such as Madonna and Child‚ Primavera‚ Holy Trinity and many more also including the contribution to the beautiful Sistine Chapel. Botticelli mainly used tempera grassa which was a new medium in Italy at the time‚ in which they would take the yolk from an egg and mix it with paint to make it more transparent. In addition to oil paint‚ he also used chalk‚ pen‚ bistre and tempera. I wanted to look deeper into The Birth of Venus because of how
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Sandro Botticelli’ created the painting The Birth of Venus in 1480 during the Renaissance Movement. The painting shows Venus floating on a seashell. Off to her right is the god Zephyr with his wife. Zephyr is blowing Venus towards land. The image on her left displays a woman ready to cover up her image with a brightly intense red garment (Getlein‚ 2008‚ p. 398). To understand the paintings contextual properties‚ “The word renaissance means “rebirth‚” and it refers to the revival of interest in
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Botticelli’s‚ The Birth of Venus‚ and Titian’s‚ Venus of Urbino are two paintings featuring the female nude‚ Venus as the main figure of the paintings. She is a classical representation of beauty and sensuality. Although these paintings have similar attributes such as the use of linear perspective‚ chiaroscuro‚ and their similar period style they have different hidden meanings. The Birth of Venus shows the story of how Venus came to be and portrays different gods and goddesses while in The Venus of Urbino
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Botticelli ’s Birth of Venus is one of the most cherished artworks of the Renaissance period. In this piece the goddess Venus emerges from the sea upon a shell aligned with the myth that explains her birth. Her shell is pushed to the shore from winds being produced by the wind-gods‚ along with a shower of roses. As Venus is about to step onto the shore‚ a Nymph reaches out to cover her with a cloak. Venus is exemplified as a beautiful and pure goddess. Her portrayal as a nude is significant in
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Design Elements - Point The point is the first and simplest element of visual design. The point serves as the focus of a visual‚ highlighting or drawing attention to important information. Several points in combination may represent a more complicated object or idea. For example‚ constellations can be thought of as points in the sky representing the figure we "see." A series of points can attract attention‚ especially as they move closer together. Remember to use points or
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Design elements and principles Design elements and principles describe fundamental ideas about the practice of good visual design that are assumed to be the basis of all intentional visual design strategies. The elements form the ’vocabulary’ of the design‚ while the principles constitute the broader structural aspects of its composition. Awareness of the elements and principles in design is the first step in creating successful visual compositions. These principles‚ which may overlap‚ are used
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