Artistic principles/ART101/Overview

Overview

This learning pathway explores artistic principles: the means by which the elements in a work of art are arranged and orchestrated.

Topics for this learning pathway are:

• Visual balance
• Repetition
• Scale and proportion
• Emphasis
• Time and motion
• Unity and variety

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this learning pathway, you should be able to:

• Define and describe the artistic principles.
• Translate a realistic artwork into an abstract composition.
• Discuss compositional constructs and their effectiveness in the artistic process.
• Using the language of artistic principles, compare and contrast artworks from disparate cultures.