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Dance is probably
the oldest art form
that involves
movement. It is the
ultimate expressive
use of the element of
movement of objects
through space in
time.
Another way to think about The eye will always
movement is to consider how
the viewer's eye moves move through the
through the composition. composition in some
This is what we refer to
as compositional movement. way, so there is always
In this case we are not some sort of
concerned with the presence
(or lack of) implied motion in compositional
the image. We are concerned movement.
instead with how the viewer
perceives the composition-- All compositions can
how the components relate be described in terms
and lead the viewer's
attention. of one or the other of
these concepts - or
both.
o The question for painters and others
working in static media was how to
capture the sense of implied movement in
the fixed image that could not literally
move.
o Prior to motion pictures, artists tried to
show movement through diagonal (off-
balance) use of line and positioning of
images in the composition.
o However, new approaches were suggested
by the multiple frame images of motion
picture film, and stop action photography.
o Futurist painters such as Balla used these
ideas to celebrate speed and movement.
Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a
Staircase also attempted to capture the
entire sequence of action through "stop-
action" imagery.
o Finally, Alexander Calder began to create
sculptures that actually moved, which he
called mobiles. Subsequently many artists
have used movement involving
mechanical or electronic means that
bridged the worlds of art and engineering.
Compositional movement
may be classified as static:
that is, movement of the eye
that jumps and hops between
separate components of the
image, attracted by
similarities and simply
shifting to shapes with
related shape or color
Compositions exhibiting
static movement are
characterized
by repetition of closed,
isolated shapes
and contrasts of color and/or
value.
Movement may also be
classified as dynamic.
Dynamic movement is
characterized
by movement of the eye
that flows smoothly from
one area of the composition
to another, guided
by continuations of line or
form, and by gradations of
color or form.
Dynamic movement is
characterized by open
shapes or shapes that
closely relate to adjacent
shapes.
1. It is a single mark in space with a precise, but
limited, location.
2. A ________is an element characterized by
length and direction.
3. the line of potential action though it is not
acting, dynamic and forceful, suggestive of
authority, dignity, majesty and balance
4. the line of rest and quietness, relaxation, and
contemplation, and suggests infinity
5. the line of action
6. The double slow curve is the famous ____________.
7. This is the technical means by which we perceive distance
in painting.
8. _________ is a mathematical, scientifically proven
system for creating the illusion of multidimensional objects
and distance on a two dimensional surface.
9. The ___________ is where all parallel lines that run
towards the horizon line appear to come together.
10. These are "visual imaginary rays" helping the viewer's eye
to connect points around the canvas to the vanishing point.
11. ________ is a linear perspective applied mainly to
the human figure.
12. It is a closed contour, an element defined by its
perimeter.
13. _______ is the response of the eye to differing
wavelengths of radiation within the visible spectrum.
14. It is the element that appeals to our senses of feeling
things rough, smooth, bumpy or slippery, etc.
15. ________ is the design element that operates in the
fourth dimension - time.
11. foreshortening
12. shape