Design Basics, Multimedia Edition (with ArtExperience CD-ROM)

by Lauer, David A.; Pentak, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780495128458
• ISBN10: 0495128457
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-04
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

The best-selling text for the two-dimensional design course, DESIGN BASICS presents art fundamentals concepts in full two- to four-page spreads, making the text practical and easy for students to refer to while they work. This modular format gives instructors the utmost flexibility in organizing the course. Visual examples from many periods, peoples, and cultures are provided for all elements and principles of design, and the diversity of illustrations now includes more examples from nature and non-art sources, encouraging students to see these principles in the world around them. This multimedia edition contains all the material found in the stand-alone text and in addition includes icons throughout directing the reader to explore the elements and foundations of art through the interactive exercises found on the ArtExperience: Fundamentals CD-ROM.

Table of Contents

PART 1 DESIGN PRINCIPLES	1	(116)
Design Process	3	(20)
Introduction	4	(2)
Design Defined	4	(2)
Procedures	6	(2)
Steps in the Process	6	(2)
Thinking	8	(6)
Getting Started	8	(2)
Form and Content	10	(2)
Form and Function	12	(2)
Looking	14	(4)
Sources: Nature	14	(2)
Sources: History and Culture	16	(2)
Doing	18	(2)
Thinking with Materials	18	(2)
Critique	20	(3)
Constructive Criticism	20	(3)
Unity	23	(26)
Introduction	24	(4)
Harmony	24	(2)
Visual Unity	26	(2)
Gestalt	28	(2)
Visual Perception	28	(2)
Ways to Achieve Unity	30	(8)
Proximity	30	(2)
Repetition	32	(2)
Continuation	34	(2)
Continuity	36	(2)
Unity with Variety	38	(11)
The Grid	38	(2)
Varied Repetition	40	(2)
Emphasis on Unity	42	(2)
Emphasis on Variety	44	(2)
Chaos and Control	46	(3)
Emphasis and Focal Point	49	(14)
Introduction	50	(2)
Attracting Attention	50	(2)
Ways to Achieve Emphasis	52	(6)
Emphasis by Contrast	52	(2)
Emphasis by Isolation	54	(2)
Emphasis by Placement	56	(2)
Degree of Emphasis	58	(2)
One Element	58	(2)
Absence of Focal Point	60	(3)
Emphasizing the Whole over the Parts	60	(3)
Scale/Proportion	63	(18)
Introduction	64	(2)
Scale and Proportion	64	(2)
Scale of Art	66	(4)
Human Scale Reference	66	(2)
Context	68	(2)
Scale within Art	70	(4)
Internal Proportions	70	(2)
Contrast of Scale	72	(2)
Scale Confusion	74	(2)
Surrealism and Fantasy	74	(2)
Proportion	76	(5)
Notions of the Ideal	76	(2)
Root Rectangles	78	(3)
Balance	81	(24)
Introduction	82	(2)
Imbalance	84	(2)
Horizontal and Vertical Placement	84	(2)
Symmetrical Balance	86	(4)
Architectural Examples	86	(2)
Examples from Various Art Forms	88	(2)
Asymmetrical Balance	90	(10)
Introduction	90	(2)
Balance by Value and Color	92	(2)
Balance by Texture and Pattern	94	(2)
Balance by Position and Eye Direction	96	(2)
Analysis Summary	98	(2)
Radial Balance	100	(2)
Examples in Nature and Art	100	(2)
Crystallographic Balance	102	(3)
Allover Pattern	102	(3)
Rhythm	105	(12)
Introduction	106	(2)
Visual Rhythm	106	(2)
Rhythm and Motion	108	(2)
Shapes and Repetition	108	(2)
Alternating Rhythm	110	(2)
Patterns and Sequence	110	(2)
Progressive Rhythm	112	(2)
Converging Patterns	112	(2)
Rhythmic Sensations	114	(3)
Engaging the Senses	114	(3)
PART 2 DESIGN ELEMENTS	117	(155)
Line	119	(22)
Introduction	120	(2)
Defining Form	120	(2)
Line and Shape	122	(2)
Defining Shape	122	(2)
Types of Line	124	(2)
Actual, Implied, and Psychic Lines	124	(2)
Line Direction	126	(2)
Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal Lines	126	(2)
Contour and Gesture	128	(2)
Precision or Spontaneity	128	(2)
Line Quality	130	(2)
Creating Variety and Emphasis	130	(2)
Line as Value	132	(2)
Using Lines to Create Dark and Light	132	(2)
Line in Painting	134	(4)
Outline of Forms	134	(2)
Explicit Line	136	(2)
Lost-and-Found Contour	138	(3)
Suggestions of Form	138	(3)
Shape/Volume	141	(22)
Introduction	142	(2)
Volume/Mass	144	(2)
Working in Two and Three Dimensions	144	(2)
Naturalism and Distortion	146	(2)
Exaggerated Shapes	146	(2)
Naturalism and Idealism	148	(2)
Nature Improved	148	(2)
Abstraction	150	(2)
Essence of Shape	150	(2)
Nonobjective Shapes	152	(2)
Pure Forms	152	(2)
Rectilinear and Curvilinear Shapes	154	(2)
Positive/Negative Shapes	156	(7)
Introduction	156	(2)
Integration	158	(2)
Confusion	160	(3)
Texture	163	(14)
Introduction	164	(2)
Adding Visual Interest	164	(2)
Tactile Texture	166	(4)
Actual and Implied	166	(2)
Collage	168	(2)
Visual Texture	170	(4)
Visual Impression	170	(2)
Trompe L'oeil	172	(2)
Texture and Pattern	174	(3)
Variation versus Regularity	174	(3)
Illusion of Space	177	(34)
Introduction	178	(2)
Occupying Space in Two Dimensions	178	(2)
Devices to Show Depth	180	(18)
Size	180	(2)
Exaggerated Size	182	(2)
Overlapping	184	(2)
Vertical Location	186	(2)
Aerial Perspective	188	(2)
Linear Perspective	190	(2)
One-Point Perspective	192	(2)
Two-Point Perspective	194	(2)
Multipoint Perspective	196	(2)
Amplified Perspective	198	(2)
A Different Point of View	198	(2)
Multiple Perspective	200	(2)
A Pictorial Device	200	(2)
Isometric Projection	202	(2)
A Spatial Illusion	202	(2)
Open Form/Closed Form	204	(2)
The Concept of Enclosure	204	(2)
Transparency	206	(2)
Equivocal Space	206	(2)
Spatial Puzzles	208	(3)
Ignoring Conventions	208	(3)
Illusion of Motion	211	(12)
Introduction	212	(2)
Reflecting the World around Us	212	(2)
Anticipated Motion	214	(2)
``Seeing'' the Action	214	(2)
Ways to Suggest Motion	216	(7)
Figure Repeated, Figure Cropped	216	(2)
Blurred Outlines	218	(2)
Multiple Image	220	(3)
Value	223	(12)
Introduction	224	(2)
Light and Dark	224	(2)
Value Pattern	226	(2)
Variations in Light and Dark	226	(2)
Value as Emphasis	228	(2)
Creating a Focal Point	228	(2)
Value and Space	230	(2)
Using Value to Suggest Space	230	(2)
Techniques	232	(3)
An Overview	232	(3)
Color	235	(37)
Introduction	236	(2)
Color Theory	236	(2)
Color Characteristics	238	(4)
Light and Color Perception	238	(2)
Influence of Context	240	(2)
Properties of Color	242	(6)
Hue	242	(2)
Value	244	(2)
Intensity/Complementary Colors	246	(2)
Visual Color Mixing	248	(2)
Techniques That Suggest Light	248	(2)
Cool/Warm Colors	250	(2)
Identifying Color with the Senses	250	(2)
Color as Emphasis	252	(2)
Color Dominance	252	(2)
Color and Balance	254	(2)
Achieving Balance within Asymmetrical Composition	254	(2)
Color and Space	256	(2)
Color's Spatial Properties	256	(2)
Color Schemes	258	(4)
Monochromatic/Analogous	258	(2)
Complementary/Triadic	260	(2)
Color Discord and Vibrating Colors	262	(2)
Unexpected Combinations	262	(2)
Color Uses	264	(2)
Local, Optical, Arbitrary	264	(2)
Emotional Color	266	(2)
Color Evokes a Response	266	(2)
Color Symbolism	268	(2)
Conceptual Qualities of Color	268	(2)
Color versus Value	270	(2)
A Continuing Debate	270	(2)
Glossary	272	(3)
Bibliography	275	(2)
Photographic Sources	277	(2)
Index	279