Formal Elements of Art
This element is what you use to create outlines (e.g., straight, curved).
Line
This principle is about how things are arranged evenly or unevenly.
Balance
This art movement focused on speed and modern machines.
Futurism (or “the Futurist movement”)
Leonardo da Vinci painted this famous smiling portrait.
Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa
This element refers to lightness or darkness.
Value
This principle makes artwork interesting by using differences.
Contrast
Futurist artists loved depicting this concept (hint: racing cars, movement).
Movement / speed
Vincent van Gogh painted “Starry Night.” What country was he from?
The Netherlands
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Starry Night
This element refers to how something feels or looks like it feels.
Texture
This principle is about repeating elements in a pattern.
Pattern (or Repetition)
Futurism began in which country?
Italy
This street artist is anonymous and famous for works like Girl with a Balloon.
Banksy
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa
This element refers to 3D forms (like cubes and spheres).
Form
This principle guides your eye around the artwork.
Movement
Name THREE subjects Futurist artists often painted.
Examples: cars, machines, cities, technology, motion
This artist was a leading Impressionist known for water lilies.
Claude Monet
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Van Gogh, Sunflowers
This element is the area around or between objects.
Space
This principle is when all parts of an artwork feel connected.
Unity
Why did Futurist artists reject traditional art?
SAMPLE: They wanted to break away from the past and celebrate modern life
Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Michelangelo
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Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory