Unity Variety Repetition Rhythm Balance Emphasis/Focal Point Proportion/Scale Composition: The organization of elements in a work, aka, the design.
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Unity
Variety
Repetition
Rhythm
Balance
Emphasis/Focal Point
Proportion/Scale
Composition:
The organization of elements in a work, aka, the design.
Unity:The sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole.
Variety:Differences that provide interest and contrast.
Ben Jones, Black Face and Arm Unit, 1971.
Symmetrical Balance: Mirror imageof Shapes/Forms on either side of an imaginary axial dividing line.Elements correspond to one another in size, shape, and placement.
Tori Busshi, Shaka Triad, 623.
Relieved Symmetry: orApproximate Symmetry: Slight differences between axial areas of a work.
Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas,1939.
Asymmetrical Balance:
Two sides that do not
correspond to one another in
size, shape, and placement.
Gustav Klimt,Death and Life, Before 1911-1915.
Sakai Hoitsu, late 18th-early 19th century.
Emphasis: The viewer’s attention will be centered more on certain parts of the composition than on others.
Focal Point: A specific spot to which one’sattention is directed. Subordination: A less visually interesting area.
Henry Tanner,The Banjo Lesson, 1893.
Emphasis: The viewer’s attention will be centered more on certain parts of the composition than on others.
Focal Point: A specific spot to which one’s attention is directed. Paul Cézanne, Still Life With Compotier, Pitcher
and Fruit, 1892-94.
Scale: Size in relation to a constant or “normal” size.
Proportion: Refers to size relationships between parts of a whole or between two or more items perceived as a unit.
Rene Magritte,Delusions of Grandeur II, 1948.
Benin, A Royal Altar to the Hand, 18th century.
Leonardo daVinci, The Study of Human Proportions According to Vetruvius, c. 1485-90.
Proportions of the golden section
Visual Rhythm: Depends on the repetition of accented elements, usually shapes.
Peit Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, 1942-43.
UnityVarietyRepetitionRhythmBalanceEmphasis/Focal PointProportion/Scale
Pablo Picasso, Girl Before a Mirror
The Parthenon, Athens Greece
Nike of the Samothrace, Louvre, Paris Pablo Picasso, Weeping Woman
Black Figure Pottery, Ancient Greece Marcel Duchamp, Nude Descending a Staircase
Andy Warhol, 10 Marilyns
Jackson Pollock, Number 5
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