Tuesday, May 10, 2011

15) Value as Pattern

Value pattern refers to the arrangement and the amount of light and dark independent of the color used. 
The living room in the photo above, although its terribly ugly, is a great example of value pattern because there are very few values used which are mostly cream, white and grey. If you look closely you can see some green objects but overall it is a very neutral value.

13) Rectilinear and Curvilinear Shapes

Objects that have one continuous curve mounted on a tubular frame are curvilinear.
This is an example of curvilinear design on the couch shown above.

Another type of shape would be rectilinear, which is a shape that emphasizes 90 degree angles and rectangular planes. 

The object above shows rectilinear form very well.

12) Nonobjective Shapes

Nonobjective shapes are similar to abstraction because they are not a natural, real life shape. However they are not abstractions because they are not the simplification of a real life shape.

11) Abstraction

Abstraction is a visual representation that has little resemblance to a real life image.This can be done through distortion or simplification.

Monday, May 9, 2011

10) Idealism

Idealism is where an artist distorts what they see to make it more ideal. For instance the statue of David that was mentioned before.

This is Di Vinci's Vitruvian man which is very famous although it may not be an exact picture of a man it is based off of the golden ratio and so it shows what is believed to be the Ideal man.

8) Naturalism and Distortion

Naturalism is when an artist creates something that is very realistic as if looking at the something real. And distortion would be taking something that is real and changing it to make it different. Much like photoshop does to pictures. For instance:


This is not the best example (Because the statue of David is already distorted) but it gets the point across.

7) Lost and Found Contour

Lost and found contour involves not seeing part of the outline in a piece because it fades away or it is no longer seen.
This is a great example of lost and found contour because there are many objects and people in this painting that fade into the darkness and background however you can still comprehend the outline of it.