Understanding Art (eBook)

PART ONE: ART AS EXPLORATION
Investigating, Making and Responding to Art
Visual Language and The Visual Elements
Learning Through Investigation of the Visual Elements
Building on the Foundations
PART TWO: POINT
The Concept of Point
Investigating Points and their Potential
Point In Context
PART THREE: LINE
The Concept of Line
Investigating Line
Some Starting-Points
Developing Line
Line in Context
PART FOUR: TONE
The Concept of Tone
Investigating Tone
The Perception of Tone
Tone in Context
PART FIVE: MIXING AND CONTROLLING COLOUR
The Concept of Colour
Colour Mixing
Tints and Shades
Optical Colour Mixing
Colour Range and Mixing in Context
PART SIX: PERCEIVING AND OBSERVING COLOUR
Colour Constancy and Colour Interaction
Finding, Matching and Mixing Colours
Perceiving Colour in Context
PART SEVEN: RESPONDING TO COLOUR
Responses to Individual Colours
Colour Groupings and Responses to Them
Colour Responses in Context
PART EIGHT: SHAPE
The Concept of Shape
Interaction of Shapes
Investigations of Shape
Shape in Context
PART NINE: SPACE
The Concept of Space
Objective Space
Figure and Ground
Illusory Space
Objective Space in Context
Illusory Space in Context
PART TEN: FORM
The Concept of Form
The Visual Properties of Form
Investigating Form
Moving into the Third Dimension
Form in Context
PART ELEVEN: TEXTURE
The Concept of Texture
Tactile Texture
Visual Texture
Texture in Context
PART TWELVE: PATTERN
Concepts of Visual Pattern
Rotating and Linear Patterns
Investigations of Surface Pattern
Space-Dividing Patterns
Pattern in Context