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Course Contents: Visual And Performing Arts - after 11/30/2007 Home; Module 1 - Orientation; Module 2 - Learning Resources and Pre-Instructional Activities; Module 3 - Purpose of Art; Module 4 - History of Art; Module 5 - The Visual Elements and Principles; Module 6 - Two Dimensional Art - Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Photography; Module 7 - Three-Dimensional Art - Sculpture, Architecture, and the Landscape; Module 8 - Theatre (Drama) and Film; Module 9 - Music; Module 10 - Dance; Module 11: Critical Thinking in the Arts

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Module 5 - The Visual Elements and Principles

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Activity 2: Learning Resources

The following Learning Resources will be helpful as you progress through Module 5.

MindEdge Module 5: The Visual Elements and Principles.
Readings
- Chapter 2 of Perceiving the Arts (Available on E-reserve in the WGU Library)
  - This chapter has a listing for the elements and principles of visual art. Other textbooks and resources include different categories for what are considered elements and principles. For our purposes, we will use the terms included in Perceiving the Arts as they are the most concise and descriptive.
- Understanding the Elements and Principles of Art
MyHumanitiesStudio: http://www.mhhe.com/HumanitiesStudio/1/1/1/1/intro.html for more information on the elements line, shape, color and texture.

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, March 01). Module 5 - The Visual Elements and Principles. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/visual-and-performing-arts-after-11-30-2007/a52.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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