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  • The Humanities
  • What is Art?
    • Why Art?
  • Artistic Literacy
  • Historical Units of Study
    • Ancient Mesopotamia
    • Ancient Egypt
    • Ancient Greece - IN PROGRESS
  • Thematic Units of Study
    • Fiber Arts
    • The Art of Terror >
      • Storytelling
    • The Art of Gratitude >
      • Extra Credit - StoryCorps
    • Faith and Spirituality >
      • Sacred Spaces
      • The Symbols
      • The Stories
      • Death and the Afterlife
      • The Holy Books
      • God Incarnate
    • Family
    • Wisdom of Wall-e
    • The Most Powerful
    • The Art of Portraiture >
      • Critical Vocab - Portraiture
      • Humans of New York
      • The Book of Bruce Springsteen
    • Social Commentary >
      • Social Commentary - Project
      • Critical Vocab - Social Commentary
      • Documentary Film
    • Art and the Environment
    • The 'Ideal' - IN PROGRESS
    • Mother and Child - IN PROGRESS
    • The Art of War >
      • "Saving Private Ryan" Discussion
    • Death and Dying
    • The Art of PEACE - IN PROGRESS
    • Judaism
Each ART FORM has its own set of 'building blocks' that are used to 'build' the art. We may refer to these building blocks as conventions, or elements, or devices. Below you will find the building blocks for Visual Art, the Short Story, Poetry, Music, Dance, and Drama.  

VISUAL ART - What are the building blocks of visual art?

Use the short videos below to gather detailed information in your comp books about the elements of art. 
Use the Art in Focus books (starting on p. 40) to gather detailed information in your comp books about the principles of art. 
APPLICATION - Due Date Tuesday Sept. 12
*DIVIDE your paper into  24  EQUAL boxes
*LABEL each box with the following elements/principles (one per box)


COLOR, VALUE, LINE, POSITIVE SPACE, NEGATIVE SPACE, PERSPECTIVE, REAL TEXTURE, IMPLIED TEXTURE, SHAPE, FORM, RADIAL BALANCE, SYMMETRICAL BALANCE, ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE, RHYTHM, MOVEMENT, VARIETY, EMPHASIS, PROPORTION, HARMONY, GRADATION
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*Now, create an ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION of the element/principle 
     *Illustrations need to FULLY and ACCURATELY define the element or principle
     *Use a VARIETY of media in your illustrations
     *Work should be NEAT and show evidence of THOUGHT 
​ *After illustrating the above elements/principles, you should have 4 boxes left over.
         Leave these boxes blank OR fill them for possible EXTRA CREDIT

 MUSIC - What are the building blocks of music?


DANCE - What are the building blocks of dance? 

Click HERE for additional resources to understand the elements of dance. 
And even more movie dance scenes!

DRAMA - What are the building blocks of drama? 

Paperman

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