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Art Breaks
Take a five-minute break, explore a work of art, and be inspired to make art of your own.

Elements of Art

Learn about and explore these seven elements with artworks in the UMFA’s collection!

Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville, French, Anxious Moments, 1896, Chromolithograph, Purchased with funds from the John and Helen Jarman Family Fund, UMFA2019.3.2
Texture

For this 5-minute Art Break, we explore the element of art, texture, by looking at French artist Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville's Anxious Moments. 

Giovanni-Battista Piranesi, Italian, A Perspective of Arches, with a Smoking Fire in the Centre, Plate 6 (late re-issue), etching , wove paper, 1835-1838
Line

Watch this video to learn about line, an important element of art, by looking at a work from 1720 by Italian artist Giovanni-Battista Piranesi.

Francois Ykens, Flemish, Flower Still Life, 1644, oil on panel, UMFA1993.034.006
Color

Explore the art element “color” by looking at Francois Ykens’ oil painting from 1644 entitled, Flower Still Life.

a quilt depicting red rock cliffs
Shape

Using Zion Quilt by Jen Shurtliff, jump into an exploration of shape, a fundamental element of art.

black and gray ceramic plate with an abstract serpent circling the edge
Space

In this Art Break, learn about the use of positive and negative space with Maria Martinez and Popovi Da's Serpent Plate.

Wooded mask of a woman with her eyes closed with a bird sitting on her head
Form

In this video, look closely at the forms in a Sowei Helmet Mask to learn and discover a new appreciation for this element of art and artwork. 

a cyanotype with strong whit lines running perpendicular to each other with two white circles and a rectangle grouped together at the intersection of the lines in the upper left corner
Value

Meridith Pingree’s cyanotype provides a unique opportunity to learn about value, an essential element of art.

University of Utah Salt Lake City Zoo, Arts and Parks

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