Unity in Art

This was a presentation I used for my JH art class to help them identify Unity in Art.

1. Principles of Art Unity

2. Unity: Unity is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the artwork creating a sense of completeness. Unity is the quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of design. A totality that combines all of its parts into one complete, coheisive whole.

3. Where is the unity? Galatea of the Spheres, 1952 by Salvador Dalí

4. Landscape at Pont Aven , 1888by Paul Gauguin What unifies this picture?

5. Where is the Unity here? Flower for Tacoma Dome, c.1982 (Blue and White ) by Andy Warhol

6. Where is the unity? Farbstudie Quadrate, c.1913by Wassily Kandinsky

7. Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher

8. Zero- Nine by Jasper Johns What two things unify this painting?

9. Spring, from a Series Depicting the Four Seasons, 1573 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo It’s just a portrait right? So what unifies it?

10. The Dance of Youth by Pablo Picasso

11. Zinc Doors by Franz Kline Hmmm…. Is there unity here?

12. The Ambassadors, 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger Is this unified or does something stick out like a sore thumb?