Table of Contents
Part 1: Form & Content
1. Visual Literacy
Visual Literacy, Visual Image, Form, Content, Elements, Unit Forms, Formal Content, Symbolic Content, Narrative Content
2. The Visual Image
Visual Attractiveness, Contrasts, Visual Hierarchy, Unity, Picture Plane,
Format/Frame of Reference, Negative Space/Ground, Positive Space/Figure, Open Composition, Shape, Curvilinear Shape, Rectilinear Shape, Representational Shapes, Nonrepresentational Shape
3. Gestalt, Unity & Variety
Gestalt, Repetition, Rhythms, Alternating Rhythm, Progressive Rhythm,
Integrative Repetition, Proximity, Similarity, Continuation, Closure, Variety
4. Color
Additive Color, Color Spectrum, Cool Colors, Color Temperature, Color Wheel, Four Aspects of Color, Hue, Primary Colors, Saturation, Secondary Colors, Shading, Subtractive Color, Tertiary Colors, Tinting,
Value, Toning, Warm Colors
5. Illusion of Space
Aerial Perspective, Atmospheric Perspective, Background, Bright Color, Cool Colors, Dark Valued Color, Dull Color, Foreground, Horizon Line, Light Valued Color, Linear Perspective, Line Weight, Mid Ground, Orthogonal Lines, Spacial Planes,
Vanishing Point, Vantage Point, Value, Warm Colors
6. Balance
Asymmetrical Balance, Axis of Symmetry, Formal Balance, Hierarchy of Visual Weight, Horizontal Balance, Informal Balance, Near Symmetrical Balance, Pictorial Hierarchy of Visual Weight, Symmetrical Balance, Typographic Hierarchy
of Visual Weight, Vertical Balance, Vertical Axis of Symmetry, Visual Weight
7. Emphasis & Eye Flow
Accent Point, Contrast, Focal Point, Line of Sight, Real Line, Scale, Suggested Line Triangulation, Value, Visual Hierarchy
8. Proportion
Diagonal of a Square, Dynamic Rectangles,
Dynamic Symmetry, Golden Section Rectangle, Half Diagonal, Long Rectangle, Proportion, Ratio, Rectangle, Root Rectangle, Square
9. Structure
Columnar Grid, Custom Grid, Echo Lines, Eyes of a Rectangle, Formal Structure, Grid Cell, Harmonic Armature, Informal Structure, Long Rectangle,
Proportion, Rabatment, Rabatment Container, Rabatment Lines, Square, Structure, Typographic Grid
10. Compositional Dynamics
Accent Point, Compositional Dynamics, Counter Diagonals, Dominant Dynamic, Dynamic Hierarchy, Dynamic Orientation, Dynamically Neutral Forms, Focal Point, Lines of
Sight, Major Axis, Minor Axis, Triangulation
11. Visual Content
Bracketed Observation, Background, Closure, Conceptual Depth, Contextual Association, Element Condition, Foreground, Form, Formal Content, Element Function, Gestalt, Mid Ground, Narrative Content, Primary Level of Perception,
Secondary Level of Perception, Spacial Planes, Symbolic Content, Visual Content, Visual Information, Variety, Unity/Harmony
Part 2: Visual Analysis Outline
12. Visual Analysis Outline
Introduction, Visual Analysis Outline Sheet
13. Shape Type & Distribution Section 1
Section 1:
Shape Type & Distribution, Identification and classification of visual elements
14. Gestalt Section 2
Section 2: Identify prominent examples of the four aspects of Gestalt, proximity, similarity, continuation, closure
15. Balance Section 3
Section 3: Determine the type of horizontal
balance, symmetry, near symmetry, asymmetry
16. Focal & Accent Points Section 4
Section 4: Identify points of emphasis, focal & accent points
17. Geometry Section 5
Section 5: Determine picture plane proportion (dynamic rectangle), relevance of harmonic armature and
rebatment
18. Compositional Dynamics Section 6
Section 6: Identify the dominant, subdominant, subordinate dynamics (diagonal, vertical, horizontal) and their importance to the composition
19. Unity & Variety Section 7
Section: 7 Summarize and synthesize formal elements contribution
to unity & variety
20. Bracketed Observation Section 8
Section 8: Discern the composition's visual element, element function & element condition
21. Contextual Information Section 9
Section 9: Discern and research non-visual information relevant to the work
22. Contextual
Association Section 10
Section: 10 Correlate bracketed observation with contextual information
23. Visual Content Summary Section 11
Section 11: Identify (narrative, symbolic, formal) and synthesize visual content information
24. Completed Visual Analysis
Sections 1-11 of the
Visual Analysis Outline
Appendix:
Artists Resource, Assignment Sequencing, Handouts
Bibliography
Glossary
Index
There are no Instructor/Student Resources available at this time.
David Moyer is Assistant Professor of Art and Design at the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
Brian Flynn is Assistant Professor and Department Head of Art and Design at the Pennsylvania College of Technology.
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