Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kandinsky_white.jpg.
Kandinsky's analytical topic, ”On the Spiritual in
Art” (Kandinsky, 2011) was first published in De-
cember 1911. Kandinsky was one of the co-founders
of The Blaue Reiter group. His work was shown in
New York in 1913 at the Armory Show. He taught
at the Bauhaus school of modern design. Born in
Russia in 1866, Kandinsky became a German citizen
in 1928. The Nazi government closed the Bauhaus
in 1933 and later that year, Kandinsky settled in
Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris; he acquired French
citizenship in 1939. The Nazis in the 1937 purge of
“degenerate art” confiscated fifty-seven of his works.
Kandinsky died December 13, 1944, in Neuilly.
were pictured out-of-proportion to emphasize their
importance: important figures were painted bigger
and humble donators smaller.
We may want to examine proportion in some
art works. For example, in Cimabue, “The Santa
Trinita Madonna” (c.1280) we may see small
figures at the bottom (http://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/File:Cimabue_033.jpg). In Jasper Johns,
“Three Flags” (1958, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:Three_Flags.jpg), flags of different sizes were
superimposed on top of one another. We can see the
use of proportion to evoke the feeling of dimensional-
ity and elicit some optical effects characteristic for
the American Pop Art style.
Proportion
Unity
The size of one part of an artwork in comparative
relation its other parts is called proportion. Artists
use proportion to show balance, emphasis, distance,
and the use of space. Sometimes, proportion was
used to add emphasis to an artwork. For example in
medieval religious paintings, some rulers or saints
Unity is the result of how all elements and prin-
ciples of design work together. All parts must
have some relation to each other. They must fit
together to create the overall message and effect.
See Table 14 for Your Visual Response.
Table 14.
Your Visual Response: Design a Booklet
A process of designing and printing a topic involves planning. Typically pages are placed on a large sheet of paper. Your topic may be black-
and-white only or in color. One side of a sheet of paper may be black-and-white, while the other one might be in color. Printing in color is
more complicated because often printer runs a sheet of paper four times to apply separate coatings of the cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
color. This process requires an accurate paper registration, so each color is placed in the exactly same area of the page. Japanese woodblock
prints Ukiyo-e were produced between the 17
th
and 20th centuries.
Now you can make a little booklet about the elements and principles of design. First fold 8x10” paper horizontally. Then fold paper again
three times to make a booklet with 8 pages per side. Number the pages. You will have 8 pages per side of your piece of paper. One page
will serve as a cover page, and another as a back page of the topic. Place your name, a graphic, and the title of the topic on the cover page,
while your bio, your photo, publisher name, ISBN number, QR code, and a topic prize on the back cover page of the topic. This will give
you 14 pages for the content of your topic. You will need to rotate the top row of your topic while placing its content, so after folding the
pages they will al show the same direction. Using your drawings you have already made, design your own “Elements of Design” topic.
