An Architectural
Abstraction of Delphi
 Balance: A principle of design, balance refers to the
way the elements of art are arranged to create a
feeling of stability in a work.
 Rhythm & Directional Movement: The principle of
design that refers to a regular repetition of elements
of art to produce the look and feel of movement.
 Unity: The quality of wholeness or oneness that is
achieved through the effective use of the elements
and principles of design.
 Line Variation: Changing elements of a line.
 Monochromatic: All the colors (tints, tones, and
shades) of a hue.
 Complementary: Colors that are opposite each other
on the color wheel.
 Split Complementary: Uses the base color and two
colors adjacent to its complement.
 Analogous: Colors that are next to each other on the
color wheel.
 Triadic: Colors that are evenly spaced around the
color wheel.
Abstract Art
Uses a visual language of form, color, and line to
create a composition which may exist with a degree
of independence from visual references in the world.
Imagery indicates a departure from reality.
Images may be only slightly, partially, or completely
abstracted.
Abstract Artists
Laura Joy Lustig
Paintings are
seemingly
monochromatic, or
simple at a
distance. The
simplicity leads one
to find colors never
thought there
before.
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Richard Diebenkorn
Figures were
composed of urgent
and sweeping
gestures and were
set into pictorial
spaces that did not
exist in painting
before Abstract
Expressionism
reinvented space.
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Hans Hofmann
Shapes, colors, lines,
calligraphic squiggles,
and use of space
always echo the reality
found in nature, but its
structure rather than its
appearance.
Rising Moon