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The Principles of Art Balance Emphasis Movement Proportion Rhythm
Unity Variety Helen Frankenthaler.
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Kurt Schwitters Variety
Variety occurs when an artist creates something that looks different from the rest of the artwork. An artist may use variety to make you look at a certain part or make the artwork more interesting.
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Joseph Cornell
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James Rosenquist
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Robert Rauschenberg
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Jacob Lawrence Unity Unity is the feeling that everything in the work of art works together and looks like it fits.
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Egyptian Hieroglyphics
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Paul Klee
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Louise Nevelson
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Georgia O’Keeffe Balance
Formal Balance usually is achieved by the artist placing objects in the work in a symmetrical or equal-sided arrangement. Informal Balance is created when an asymmetrical layout is used. Radial Balance occurs within a circle design.
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Frida Kahlo
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Mark Rothko
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James Whistler
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Rose Window at Notre Dame
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Andrew Wyeth emphasis Emphasis is when the artist manipulates the Elements of Art so that your eye is drawn to a particular area.
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FrancescoGoya
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Commemorative Bronze, Kingdom of Benin
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Hokusai
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Tom Otterness Proportion
Proportion refers to one piece of an object in relation to the rest of the object.
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Claes Oldenburg
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Fernando Botero
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Amedeo Modigliani
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George Bellows Movement
Directional Movement is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position.
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Edvard Munch
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Antoni Gaudí
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Vincent Van Gogh
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Piet Mondrian Rhythm Rhythm is movement in which some elements recur regularly. Like a dance it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music. Repetition.
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Andy Goldsworthy
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Cy Twombly
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Jasper Johns
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You guess…
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Formal Balance
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Proportion or Formal Balance if viewed from the front
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Emphasis
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Rhythm, Pattern, or Emphasis
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Unity and Movement
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Emphasis
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Rhythm or Movement
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Emphasis or Proportion
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Formal Balance
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Unity or Rhythm
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Proportion or Unity
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Visual Movement or Unity
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