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Aworkofartcanbeanalysedbyconsideringavarietyofaspectsofitindividually.Theseaspectsareoften
calledtheelementsofart.Acommonlyusedlistofthemainelementsincludesthosebelow.[1]

Contents
1Form
2Line
3Color
4Space
5Texture
6Seealso
7References

Form
Theformofaworkisitsshape,includingitsvolumeorperceivedvolume.Athreedimensionalartworkhas
depthaswellaswidthandheight.Threedimensionalformisthebasisofsculpture.[1]However,two
dimensionalartworkcanachievetheillusionofformwiththeuseofperspectiveand/orshadingor
modellingtechniques.[2][3]Formalismistheanalysisofworksbytheirformorshapesinarthistoryor
archeology.

Line
Linesandcurvesaremarksthatspanadistancebetweentwopoints(orthepathofamovingpoint).Asan
elementofart,lineistheuseofvariousmarks,outlinesandimpliedlinesinartworkanddesign.Alinehas
awidth,direction,andlength.[1]Aline'swidthissometimescalledits"thickness".Linesaresometimes
called"strokes",especiallywhenreferringtolinesindigitalartwork.

Color
Coloristheelementofartthatisproducedwhenlight,strikinganobject,isreflectedbacktotheeye.[1]
Therearethreepropertiestocolor.Thefirstishue,whichsimplymeansthenamewegivetoacolor(red,
yellow,blue,green,etc.).Thesecondpropertyisintensity,whichreferstothevividnessofthecolor.A
color'sintensityissometimesreferredtoasits"colorfulness",its"saturation",its"purity"orits
"strength".Thethirdandfinalpropertyofcolourisitsvalue,meaninghowlightordarkitis.[4]Theterms
shadeandtintrefertovaluechangesincolors.Inpainting,shadesarecreatedbyaddingblacktoacolor,
whiletintsarecreatedbyaddingwhitetoacolor.[2]
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Space
Spaceisanareathatanartistprovidesforaparticularpurpose.[1]Spaceincludesthebackground,
foregroundandmiddleground,andreferstothedistancesorarea(s)around,between,andwithinthings.
Therearetwokindsofspace:negativespaceandpositivespace.[5]Negativespaceistheareainbetween,
around,throughorwithinanobject.Positivespacesaretheareasthatareoccupiedbyanobjectand/or
form.

Texture
Texture,anotherelementofart,isusedtodescribeeitherthewayaworkactuallyfeelswhentouched,or
thedepictionoftexturesinworks,asforexampleinapainter'srenderingoffur.

Seealso
Designelementsandprinciples
Style(visualarts)

References
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"UnderstandingFormalAnalysis".Getty.Retrieved9May2014.
"ElementsandPrinciplesofDesign".IncredibleArt.org.Retrieved9May2014.
"WhatAretheElementsofArt?".About.com.Retrieved9May2014.
"WhatisValueinArt?".
"Vocabulary:ElementsofArt,PrinciplesofArt"(PDF).Oberlin.Retrieved9May2014.

Theelementsofart(http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/building_lessons/elements.html)
LineandForm(1900),byWalterCrane(http://passiontolearn.com/index.php/items/show/23)
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