vocab
Balance: when the visual "weight" of an an artwork feels equally distributed
-symmetry
mirror image
-approximately symmetrical
almost mirror image feeling of symmetry
-asymmetry
opposite of symmetric yet still could be balanced
-radial balance
coming out from the middle (circular) infinite lines of symmetry
Emphasis:
rhythm and movement:
proportion:
unity: feeling that everything works together, if something was missing it would be incomplete
variety: having some differences in shapes, colors, forms, order, etc.
Emphasis
-When one element in an artwork appears to be more important or attract the most attention, we say it creates EMPHASIS.
Placement-Where Artists put stuff matters sometimes in the middle or not but always thinking about where it goes.
Contrast-something that is very different then what's around it could be color, shape,etc.
Grouping- When Artists decides to take a bunch of elements and put them right around the thing that they want to emphasize is grouping.
Rhythm and Movement -referring to how the artist guides the viewer through a work of art do it by:
-repetition
-same elements
-alternating elements-ex. color pattern
-progression-element is repeated but changing getting ex. getting smaller
-leading lines-Lines that help us travel through the painting.
-implied movement- Looks like it's moving by positioning of other parts of the picture or sculpture.
-optical movement-When you repeat some line or shape and there's an illusion it makes your eye feel like it's moving.
-actual movement- Where art actually moves
Proportion- In art we are talking about the size relationship of the parts to one another or to the whole.
Colors- Can put a lot of red in and emphasize it by contrast.
Shapes-
Forms-
We might use words like a lot, a little, many, few, big, small, similar, etc.
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