Unit 2: The Seven Elements.

When talking about the seven elements of art, it can be said it is impossible to create a work of art without them. They are the essential factors that paintings need to have in order to interpret their meaning. They are also independent from the artist’s plan. If color, texture, shape, line, space, form and value of a painting is not showed, people would have a very hard time to interpret and understand the artist’s work.  Although non-painted white canvases have been exposed in museums as pieces of art all over the world, they have little or none response from the public. What really interest people, or at least most of them, is the way in which colors, textures and shapes play within the paintings. For this reason a circular or asymmetric canvas with a variety of colors, textures and shapes receive more attention than those with a traditional square canvas. Also, it is very interesting how the elements suffer a continuous change with the rise of new tendencies and techniques. From the times of Botticelli, to the times of Klimt, the techniques and textures have changes in a very noticeable way. Texture and space have become two of the most important elements throughout the evolution of art. Today, most paintings can have different shapes and colors, but what people want is textured asymmetric paintings. So what would the future of painting be?