Components in artwork: subject, form, content
Principles of organization: harmony, variety, balance, proportion, dominance, movement & economy
Visual unity is the sense of visual oneness.
Harmony is the relationship between different sections of a composition.
Repetition is the use of certain materials over and over in a composition.
Patterns can be seen in any design, arrangement or organized series of elements.
Motif is a basic pattern repeated many times.
Allover pattern is when the entire whole can be seen.
Closure happens when an artist applies minimal information and clues and the observer sees the entire pattern with closure.
shared space is when elements in a composition touch.
Overlapping areas are drawn together by a common relationship and is not just a shared edge, it is a shared area.
Transparency is when an image or shape is seen through another.
Interpenetration is when several images appear to pass through each other.
Contrast is when elements have opposing characteristics like color, shape & size.
Balance implies the gravitational equilibrium of a single mark.
Pure symmetry is created when visual units are exactly the same.
Approximate is created when elements are slightly varied.
In radial balance, visual forces are based around an central point.
Asymmetry is when there is no central axis or degree of symmetry.
Proportion is the ratio of individual parts to one another or the whole.
Scale is used when proportion is related to size.
The golden mean is another use of proportion, the ratio is 1:1.6180
Methods to create dominance are isolation, placement, direction, proportion or scale and character
Movement is created by the direction of lines, shapes and shape edges.
Economy is composing with efficiency, expressing an idea as simply and directly as possible with no arbitrary or excessive use of elements.
Three-dimensional organization principles are the same as two-dimensional, but the have some different applications of the principles.
Spring 2011 WASHers
13 years ago
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