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Elements of Art

Elements of

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There are 7 elements of art including line, shape, value, space, texture, form and color. These elements are the ingredients or you could say what holds art together. The elements of art are sort of like atoms in that both serve as "building blocks" for creating something. Did you know that atoms combine and form other things.

Sometimes they'll casually make a simple molecule as when hydrogen and oxygen form water. If hydrogen and oxygen take a more aggressive career path and bring carbon along as a co-worker, together they might form something more complex, like a molecule. The elements of art can be very helpful when using or teaching it is very helpful to describe art. Being an artist and creating your own art piece is kind of like being a chef and cooking a meal. The artist uses art elements and combines them in different and unique ways to create a cool art piece. A chef uses a lot of ingredients and combines them together in certain amounts to produce a yummy recipe.

History

17 thousand years ago humans painted realistic pictures of animals on the walls of the caves of Lascaux in France. They also made stencils of there hands too! On August 21, 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen. The Renaissance masterpiece “The Pieta” is the only work that Michelangelo Buonarroti ever signed. He later regretted what he considered an outburst of pride and vowed to never sign another work again. Leonardo Da Vinci started painting Mona Lisa in 1504 or 1505 and finished only shortly before he died in 1519.A few reports say that it took him 10 years to perfect Mona Lisa's lips!

History

Fun facts

fun facts

Vincent Van Gogh only sold 1 painting in his lifetime, now he is one of the most recognizable artists throughout the world. Picasso loved animals. He had a pet monkey, an owl, a goat, a turtle and packs of dogs and cats. His first word was pencil and his real name is 23 words long! Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian and animal rights activist, he would buy caged birds and set them free. He also never received a formal education. He learned instead by observing nature. Filling journals with inventions, sketches, and studies, Leonardo da Vinci wrote from right to left and mirrored in a way that was unique