Introduction/Syllabus/Principles of Design

Handouts for this presentation are at: http://moodle.augsburg.edu/moodle2011/mod/forum/view.php?f=3167

Presentation on Principles of Design was vague and hard to follow.
Form------------------
  Is the use of
  The elements of art
                                    Media

Form
Element - point, line, shape, color, texture
Principle
   Harmony       Variety
Balance
Movement
Proportion - parts related to whole - the whole being Gestalt
Dominance - emphasis
Economy - the amount
Space - illusion

Content
Form                             Subject                                    Content
Elements                        What is it about?                    Meaning
Principles                         Image

Constructive vs destructive

Aesthetic - what is beauty

Discuss art
Critique art
Abstraction - clarify, not structured