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
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• Movement - the suggestion of action or direction, the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art
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• Repetition and rhythm - the act of repeating an element either regularly or irregularly resulting in a rhythm of the repeating elements
• Emphasis - the stress placed on a single area of a work or unifying visual theme
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• 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
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• Proportion - the relation of two things in size, number, amount, or degree
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• Space - the interval or measurable distance between objects or forms (two dimensional or three dimensional)
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• Unity - the relationship between the individual parts and the whole of a composition 
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