Thursday, October 13, 2011

Assignment #7: Principles of Design


The elements are what the artist uses to create a composition. But it is HOW the artist brings these elements to together and arranges them upon the surface of a canvas that creates the composition. A design is the result of the application of the Principles of Design. [Please note that the use of the word design is synonymous with the words layout, composition, or work of art.]
Directions: For each of thePrinciples of Design, you will research online of an image that represents each of the Principles. Cite and label each of the elements.
The principles of design are:



Balance - a feeling of equality of weight, attention, or attraction of the various elements within the composition as a means of accomplishing unity

zombart.com


Movement - the suggestion of action or direction, the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art

nature.desktopnexus.com


Repetition and rhythm - the act of repeating an element either regularly or irregularly resulting in a rhythm of the repeating elements


sheamusburns.com

Emphasis - the stress placed on a single area of a work or unifying visual theme

berlin.unlike.net


Simplicity (a.k.a. visual economy) - the elimination of all non-essential elements or details to reveal the essence of a form

richardxthripp.thripp.com


Contrast - the difference between elements or the opposition to various elements

bloodsuckingworm.blogspot.com


Proportion - the relation of two things in size, number, amount, or degree

chestofbooks.com


Space - the interval or measurable distance between objects or forms (two dimensional or three dimensional)

hotelements.com


Unity - the relationship between the individual parts and the whole of a composition 
mizbiz95.buzznet.com

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