Elements and Principles of Art:Movement and Variety

By: Una and Sarah

How People See Movement in Art• When you see a piece of art that contains dancers dancing, you can almost hear the music flying through your ears, you can see them dancing with the music.

• You can also see movement in action because the piece of art is just frozen in an unstable position.

Movement Can Be Seen in Other Principals and Elements of Art• Artists wanted to show movement in different ways, so they tried using balance.

• Line is used a lot in movement. Using different types of lines can make movement.

The artist is using lines to create the feeling of movement.

• Movement is also shown in repetition

The artist is using repetition to create the cycle of movement.

Peter Jansen

The Beginning of Movement

• Eadweard Muybridge began movement in art. He tried to paint a painting that was a photo in action. People wondered how can you show movement in a painting when it is literally not moving? • Alexander Calder was

the first artist to create sculptures that actually moved. Eadweard

Muybridge

How Can Movement Be Shown In Art When It Is Not Literally Moving?• Movement can be shown in lots of different ways because everyone sees art differently. • This painting contains movement because the lines on the dress look like they’re falling in the woman’s pose.

Variety

• Variety is the differences in objects that intrerest to a visual image.

• It is a combination of the different elements and principles

How to create variety• By using strong contrasts

• By using different persepctives

• By breaking a pattern

Title color contrast Artist jonelJuly 6th 2010

Artist Slinkachutitle Fantastic Voyagedate 2011

Combination of Elements/Principles• ny.08.#17 by Jennifer Sanchez | Mixed Media on

Paper

Reapeating a shape but changing the size.Keeping the same size but changing the color

ny.08.#09

Our Paintings:Una: MovementSarah: Variety

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!Any questions?