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What are the seven elements of art?
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The seven elements of art are line, shape, space, value, form, texture and color. Line refers to the strokes that form an object, while space is how these elements are positioned within the work. Color is the term for the hues in a piece, and value is a description of how light or dark these hues are. Texture can refer to actual differences in the feel of the art or to techniques that create an illusory visual textural effect. Shape is the word for the two-dimensional elements of a work, and form refers to three-dimensional works. Find a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
Located in London, GB
Follower of El Greco
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Oil on canvas
The present work bares close similarity to a painting of the same name in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Ma...
Category
17th Century Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013 - Animal Portrait Photography
By Brad Wilson
Located in Paris, FR
'Rhinoceros #2, Albuquerque, NM, 2013' is a limited-edition fine art photograph by American photographer Brad Wilson. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta Paper, 2013...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tulip Fields 14 by Bernhard Lang - Aerial abstract photography, Netherlands
Located in Paris, FR
Aerial Views, Tulip Fields 14 is a limited-edition photograph by German contemporary artist Bernhard Lang.
This photograph is sold unframed as a print only. It is available in 4 di...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
By Brian Ziff
Located in Culver City, CA
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (FRAMED) Photography 20x30 inch Ed. of 5 by Brian Ziff
“Has Found Out Thy Bed” (2016)
Giclee (Archival Ink) Print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
20” X 30” inch ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Giclée
Pan III
Located in Hamilton, ON
This image is part of the artist's early series of portraits depicting queer subject matter in domestic settings, painted to resemble a private snapshot.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
Untitled
By Tom Goldenberg
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on canvas (diptych). Signed and dated verso.
68.25 x 32.25 in.
69.75 x 33.5. (framed)
Custom framed in a maple floater with a polyurethane clear coat finish.
Provenance
Watson...
Category
1980s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
