Week of October 4- Elements & Principles of Art- Renaissance & Baroque in 15th Century Europe

In class: slide presentation, lecture: Design Elements

Concepts: composition, positive/negative space, asymmetrical balance, illusion of

depth of space- types of perspective, directional forces, color relationships, illusion of

motion, Intro to Renaissance & Baroque

Online Assignment: View the lecture HarmonIntroDesignPrinciples on YouTube. Answer the following questions: 1. Describe several ways that artists unify their artwork. Find an example (that is not used in my lecture) and describe how it is unified. 

2. Describe how an artist creates asymmetrical balance- post an artwork of your choice and explain

how it is balanced asymmetrically. 

3. How can scale change the meaning of an artwork? Use a visual example of your choice as an 

example and explain how the meaning is changed by scale

Reading Assignment: Chapter 4 -the Principles of Design

Next Week: Oct 11 - Museum Trip - Metropolitan Museum of Art- 82nd St and 5th Ave

Meet at the Museum at 1:30 - bring $5 cash