ELEMENTS OF VISUAL LANGUAGE
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqliN3ZJvghPP2QY4-Qy9bQMIzGuDy0X5aorNCqN2_nEY7kMzl71474VJYsKF4Ulj2fu9HuW_AWlOgjHAY5Y64XFi_kXVCBeNnv7zWc-LWP7V14bW8jShSNxQCJ6udJYrRIzHPx98FxoU_/s200/line-drawing-texture.jpg)
Components used to create a work of art:
LINE: It's an identifiable path created by a point moving in space. They are use to define the edges of a form, so they are basic and essential elements in representations. It's one-dimensional and can vary: width, direction, length, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, straight, curved, thick, thin...
![]() |
Artist Wassily Kandinsky. In this artwork we can see how, by the orientation of the lines, he represented geometric elements |
SHAPE AND FORM: It is used to define objects in space. While shape has two dimensions (height and witdth), form has three dimensions (height, width and depth).
SPACE: It makes sense of depth (real space in 3D). These illusion is achieved through perspective drawing techniques and shading in Western tradition, using the area within the picture plane.
![]() |
Françoise Neilly uses in her painting of Marilyn Monroe many colours. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTuqkWhUeUW_n57_X1G-rfAsSx4whf4PrSexpB3J62P7h8OLynXXgiqZjZMeJoMBjwmSe_F-yJCFQgVkIyLOTO9PGhvtAGO9UMhvmrRhDexIgVSS05VeHiFsuRBba9r12NYjs4z1rFcCE/s200/241243.jpg)
![]() |
Darío Cortés |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRmixDEKrySCeuqOeFkD9IATnH719D6W4rBIW3_sX7fSEJUkOix3LEY_8mQZhcapWj74JYKtvuk4z_2c8LzVCrghDA5_rfpwR25iuXGudnwJ9LNuiJgBQseHwKNHxtgf3hIl0_dsT7pMR/s200/DSCN1403.jpg)
![]() |
Claudio Trezzani |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNif71cWyL-AWoLGfuwrBD5jYUJVARjPC5n1grcUuPKm1zxrAwM-rBoxkhyphenhyphencSG8CjUXwvEWM3xLR4EMJbNFx-Q1An0Wdz0jDYGpvvIoYS0K6DvHRGw9wnNA5vkmVt75qkRWSjnkI8H9W1D/s200/20pcs-3D-EVA-Handmade-Puzzles-Magical-DIY-Children-Hand-Art-Sticker-Handicrafts-Game-Kids-Gift-Kindergarten.jpg)
PRINCIPLES OF ART AND DESIGN
Describe the ways that artists use the elements in an artwork. They are interdependent.
![]() |
El hombre vitruvio |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDJVrRNHuWyxUDFiIiimhwkXHjvEUGyMw1WShoWjcfJa91i7wNdboOLxpTtr4ZeWDYUXoilMYym8Riken9p-LmfwguZZcIW8Q2-F7QsTdn2t8emnYlMibTgAF6Mtf6sF1Ce0Ikuj2tLHn/s200/balance-ellen-beauregard.jpg)
EMPHASIS: Focal point. It catches the viewer's attention. It could contrast different areas in size, colour, texture, shape...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3oY_iKOe75T5lUYkVym3Bg0SuEp5hiRkR2xVNYrzxZIVRF37tui2T070xwWKQFyvGJPPAGcoByS6A3UoPJ1Jz9yT-eMEmxaiiTrDiblLQdBGzp1fr8kXQWCiqDjDD8mNiTCIiuzZtZ51/s200/3ef0709f4afb75db31e1ef314fc56e96.jpg)
RHYTHM: Organized repetition of elements.
The three methods that make sense of rhythm are:
repetition, alternation and progression
PROPORTION: Describes the size, location or amount of one element to another (or to the whole).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSLv-CJ3R68O-EZg11je0KtUEsrGftNdgzqzPX6XyFSOQSUJ0hVWo1PJv9VZefx5tFjQw9WSg6zO4VcUsjKQa0De1PBP9YCtne3xh8_mR6MpPoEVpmRRV3kAY_Gd1_k8bqU3jXLa2IAsz/s200/torreeifel.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibOhZrruEWE5yZN2ITMRSCtEF6YHxwxZTw4sVxBYnqCQH3OyNZ9QqvqaShDC-Lg065wrUYhk5-aj_aLU8WCDGXXVn27zGBuRS9bhOHXDsMFvoIGpKEeDz9hwHBdieV2GKVcMO4msFYvQKX/s200/cereza.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdQm0se2fHndtQxK7WUopr9YzBh1T1Dkt3tnj0dCYGyYPIkBLQ2euAJV3r_reybNMOkEL7tVI0_KoSSRCRlb7qzGFz0v87xxgjjn8Ijg7UDducHT2UNeRCB00LrmeTZ0ck3wEPYMQEYlj/s200/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHECTszd-s0Ka-9eUhIjIPEP9BQsbTyF5zx52a3j7GWfXOSkjCngKt789eG3lU78twaMWBYLgxgI6KJHr858a_ASmhdDmQz5HRBbYqPWuJVF9ak4bpsMs2Bdt6pbwmvMBStzAk2-FeJrTE/s200/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.jpg)
Varitety stresses the differences between elements. Contrast of colours, shapes, lines, textures...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvryhWPz1nPgFFSYa1pfQLEZkKpMa_Rjbp7GcvaO2QcLqyANjwzyA3lTDNfipbxYpLqRRpWEm1ZciZJD4QmMD5RhQ7z3x12fpABhwYXVAHVhFqXGjhIs4d93EwPTtGSZ7NACYuwZ5vCDA/s320/yuuuuju.jpg)
COMPOSITION: Orderly arrangement of elements, plan and organize, using the principles of desing.