Principles and Elements of Design

· Leonardo da Vinci' Virgin of the Rocks broadened the COMPOSITION from a triangle to a pyramid

· Michelangelo's David exemplifies the idea of contrapposto, or the appearance of WEIGHT shifting in sculpture by the depiction of counter-positioning.




· Caravaggio's Conversion of Saint Paul is a great example of his famous stark use of LIGHTs and darks (Dark manner/Tenebrism)




· Titian's Venus of Urbino uses COLOR to organize the placement of forms

· Bernini's David seems to be moving through time and SPACE

· Monet's Impression: Sunrise uses a series of horizontal LINES on the water that represent the waves as well as the shadows and reflections on the water. There are also vertical and diagonal ones in the background.

· In Manet's Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe the two-dimensional elements, or SHAPES that stands out are the nude women as the lighting creates a strong contrast.

· In Jan Van Eyck's Man in a Red Turban the form itself (POSITIVE SPACE) seems to be just the head and the Turban. The body seems to blend in with the background as part of the spaces in and around the form (NEGATIVE SPACE)