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Shape
Art Element
Elements of Art: Shape
• One element of art
• The building blocks of structure
• An area that stands out from space around it because of a defined or implied boundary
Type of Shapes
• Representational Shapes
• Subjective or imagined
• Objective or observable
• Non-Representational Shapes
• Organic or round
• Rectilinear or straight lined
• Geometric
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Types of Shapes
• Suggested shapes
• Not exact borders
• The mind completes the shape or fills in the blanks
• Amorphous shapes
• Vague borders
• Undetermined in exactness
Use of Shape
• To suggest form
• To provide visual content
• To create mass, volume
• To create depth (planes in space) or shapes in the third dimension
• To define figure and ground
Figure / Ground
• Foreground vs. background
• Positive space vs. Negative space
Art Deco
Early 20th Century
geometric shapes
abstraction & economization
Icon Systems
international
cross-culture
representational
1967 / 1968 Mexico
International style
swiss inspired
geometric layouts
mid 20th Century
Max Bill, 1945, exhibition poster
Pattern
• Patterns are repeating sequences – random or precisely spaced
• Pattern relies upon symmetry and/or asymmetry, and tessellation
Pattern Design
Creating a repeating motif: four basic symmetries
Pattern Design
Creating a repeating motif: four basic symmetries
Chuck Close
Self-Portrait
2002
Jonathan Smith
Spiraling Hands
Art Nouveau
rhythmic pattern
Arthur Mackmurdo 1883Cover Design
Art Nouveau
rhythmic pattern
1896