16 Jan atmospheric perspective

ART105 Introduction to Visual Art

Module 3 Assignment 3

Assignment: Visual Elements

1. Look through the permanent collection at the Art Institute of Chicago’s website. Go to www.artic.edu/aic and click on “ Collection” at the top.

2. Select artworks from the permanent collection that illustrate 15 of the visual element terms listed below. Do not use the same image for more than one term.

3. Copy and paste your images into a 15-slide presentation. Each slide should include an image, the artist (if given), title, date and medium (materials: e.g. oil on canvas, engraving, wood carving), the term your piece exemplifies, and a short sentence explaining how the image effectively demonstrates that term. (For example, “The photograph uses complementary hues because the two main colors, blue and orange, are opposite each other on the color wheel” or “This woodcut demonstrates hatching under the table because parallel lines are set closely next to one another to create a darker value.”) If you do not have PowerPoint, you may create a document using Microsoft Word.

List of Visual Elements (choose any 15):

contour line

implied line

implied compositional lines

psychological lines

lines that outline and shape

lines that create texture

modeling/chiaroscuro

hatching

cross-hatching

contour hatching

stippling

lines that suggest direction or movement

actual mass

implied mass

geometric rectilinear shapes

geometric curvilinear shapes

organic shapes

positive and negative shape (image must have both)

figure-ground reversal

high value contrast

low value contrast

cool colors, warm colors, saturated colors, tints, shades (image must have at least three)

analogous color scheme

complementary color scheme

optical color

impasto

actual texture other than impasto

visual texture

trompe l’oeil

subversive texture

overlapping

relative size

linear one-point perspective (explain where the horizon line, minimum of two orthogonals, and vanishing points are)

linear two-point perspective (explain where the vanishing point, minimum of four orthogonals, and two vanishing points are)

atmospheric perspective

actual motion

stopped time

implied time/implied motion

illusion of motion

How to hand in your work: When saving your work, include your last name as part of the file name. Then click the “Visual Elements” link above. Type your name in the appropriate field and attach your file in the area below the comment box. Click “Submit” to hand in your work.