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ART105 Introduction to Visual Art
Module 3 Assignment
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.
