Principles of design

BALANCE
• ARRANGEMENT OF ELEMENTS SO
THAT NO ONE PART OF A WORK
OVERPOWERS ANY OTHER PART.
BALANCE CAN BE SYMMETRICAL,
ASYMMETRICAL OR RADIAL.
 DAISY
ANDY WARHOL
1982
SILKSCREEN
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PRINCESS X
CONSTANTIN
BRANCUSI
1915-1916
POLISHED
BRONZE
24X15X8 IN.
 EMPHASIS
• EMPHASIS IN A COMPOSITION
REFERS TO THE POINTS OF
INTEREST THAT BRING THE
VIEWERS EYE INTO THE
IMPORTANT PIECES OF THE WORK.
THE NIGHT
WINDOW
EDWARD
HOPPER
1928
OIL
29X34 IN.
 VOLTRI XV
DAVID SMITH
1962
STEEL
89X77X22 IN.
 MOVEMENT
• MOVEMENT ADDS EXCITEMENT BY
SHOWING ACTION AND DIRECTING THE
VIEWERS EYE THROUGHOUT THE
WORK.
• RHYTHM IS A TYPE OF MOVEMENT IN
DRAWING AND PAINTING. IT IS SEEN IN
REPEATING OF SHAPES AND COLORS.
ALTERNATING LIGHTS AND DARKS ALSO
GIVE A SENSE OF RHYTHM.
 LUCIFER
JACKSON POLLOCK
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OIL
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 DAPPLE GRAY
DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD
1980
WIRE AND STEEL
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 UNITY
• THE FEELING OF WHOLENESS OR
ONENESS THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED
BY PROPERLY USING THE
ELEMENTS OF ART AND
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN.
FARBSTUDIE QUADRATE
WASSILY KANDINSKY
1913
ACRYLIC
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 SKY CATHEDRAL
LOUISE NEVELSON
1982
PAINTED WOOD
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 VARIETY
• VARIETY REFERS TO THE
DIFFERENCES IN THE WORK.
VARIETY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY
USING DIFFERENT SHAPES,
TEXTURES, COLOURS, ETC.
DWAYNE
HANSON
KLIMT
 PROPORTION
• PROPORTION REFERS TO THE
RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SIZE OF
OBJECTS IN A BODY OF WORK.
BOTERO
• MICHELANGLO
 HARMONY
• HARMONY IS ACHIEVED IN A WORK
BY USING SIMILAR ELEMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE WORK. USED
RIGHT, HARMONY CAN MAKE YOUR
PIECE FEEL UNCOMPLICATED, OR
EASIER FOR A VIEWER TO GRASP.
Janet Fish
Dale Chihuly
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