SHAPE: Elements of Art Explained in 7 minutes (funny!)

Welcome to our Elements of Art series! In these edutainment videos made for teachers, we explain the basics of each element of art in under ten minutes, with plenty of examples, humor and prompts for an Art Challenge at the end!

Know your shapes and use them! Instructor Jessie Chang is here again with another entertaining and snappy video on the elements of art: SHAPE. Learn the definition of shape, the types of shapes, silhouettes and shape language, and its importance in the art world as Jessie explains it all with well known historical art examples of shape!

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - What is shape in the elements of art?
1:15 - What are geometric shapes?
1:58 - What are biomorphic (organic) shapes?
3:21 - What are silhouettes?
3:58 - What is shape language?
5:50 - SHAPE: Art Challenge!

Artists mentioned in this video:
Paul Klee
Pablo Picasso
Edgar Rubin
Shigeo Fukuda
M.C. Escher
Hiromu Arakawa

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