By: Zaiba Mustafa .. Visual Art Elements & Principles of Design Copyright © 2009 www.digiartport.net The Elements of Art One of the main objectives of this course is to learn how to critically analyze art works‚ including your own and how to communicate about the arts and communicate with art. To do this‚ it is necessary to have a basic understanding of the elements of art commonly referred to as the language of art. The elements are what the artist uses to create the work (with or without intent)
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"The Birth of Venus" is a famous painting created by Sandro Botticelli between the years 1482 and 1485. The painting is inspired by Roman and Greek Mythology. The painting shows a naked young woman with long red hair standing on a massive seashell. The girl standing on the shell is mostly likely Venus‚ the goddess of love. This is because she is the focal point of the painting. To the right of Venus is another young lady draped in a billowing white gown and she is holding a red blanket. The maiden’s
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Leonardo da Vinci was a talented artist of his time. He was publicly known for incorporating the skills of art and science. He had many important works of art such as the Mona Lisa‚ the study of human proportions according to Vitruvius‚ The Last Supper and many more. The Last Supper was one of his famous pieces‚ which to this day is still trying to be restored through millions of dollars and hours of hard work. Leonardo da Vinci was raised in the small town of Vinci. His mother was a peasant
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known for The Birth of Venus‚ he also painted common works such as Madonna and Child‚ Primavera‚ Holy Trinity and many more also including the contribution to the beautiful Sistine Chapel. Botticelli mainly used tempera grassa which was a new medium in Italy at the time‚ in which they would take the yolk from an egg and mix it with paint to make it more transparent. In addition to oil paint‚ he also used chalk‚ pen‚ bistre and tempera. I wanted to look deeper into The Birth of Venus because of how
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The Birth of Venus‚ Sandro Botticelli Before writing this review of a painting‚ I asked myself several times of what should I choose‚ what is my favourite or the most peculiar masterpiece for me? After a short dilemma I figured out that I am fond of Italian Renaissance‚ especially Early Renaissance. Most of all I enjoy and admire the Florentine School‚ brightly represented in the paintings of Sandro Botticelli. The painting of his that attracts me most is The Birth of Venus. The work on it was
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viewer notices that the woman on the seashell is Venus‚ the main focus of the painting. Botticelli included certain allegories when painting Venus standing nude on a seashell. Knowing that Venus was born out of the sea‚ her standing on a seashell symbolizes that she has just emerged from the water. Some may think that Venus is the goddess of the sea because she was born in the sea; this is false. Venus standing naked actually indicates that Venus is the goddess of beauty; this is evident through
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Aphrodite vs. Birth of Venus Throughout the history of art the human form has captured artisans and their audiences. While the human form has always been acceptable in art‚ the nude female form continues to stir up controversy. Praxiteles was a famous artist during the Greek late classical period who sculpted and created controversy on the island of Knidos when he made Aphrodite of Knidos (350-340 B.C.). This new idea of a nude goddess made the island famous‚ putting it on the map as a
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The Birth of Venus is a painting created by Sandro Botticelli in the mid 1480’s on canvas using tempera‚ it was and still is a marvelous piece of art. The way Botticelli created the painting‚ was he put emphasis on Venus’ nudity as the focus point of the painting. Every detail in The Birth of Venus depicts major meaning‚ and can be described in depth. The Roman mythology behind the painting describes a birth of a Goddess in Roman and Greek Mythology. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus was created with
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Sandro Botticelli’ created the painting The Birth of Venus in 1480 during the Renaissance Movement. The painting shows Venus floating on a seashell. Off to her right is the god Zephyr with his wife. Zephyr is blowing Venus towards land. The image on her left displays a woman ready to cover up her image with a brightly intense red garment (Getlein‚ 2008‚ p. 398). To understand the paintings contextual properties‚ “The word renaissance means “rebirth‚” and it refers to the revival of interest in
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Design Elements - Point The point is the first and simplest element of visual design. The point serves as the focus of a visual‚ highlighting or drawing attention to important information. Several points in combination may represent a more complicated object or idea. For example‚ constellations can be thought of as points in the sky representing the figure we "see." A series of points can attract attention‚ especially as they move closer together. Remember to use points or
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