Chapter 9 - Balance

This image illustrates a type of balance when the elements of a design come out from a central point.

• Radial

• Assimilated

• Radical

• Radioactive

This portrait by Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Wedding, is an example of which type of balance? It is a type of formal balance but with small differences to make it more interesting.

• Speculative

• Approximate

• Proportional

• Rational

This principle of art is concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements, in a work of art.

• Steadiness

• Equilibrium

• Equality

• Balance

This image illustrates a dividing line that works like a point of balance in the balance scale.

• tipping point

• axis

• pivot

• shaft

The type of balance that results when equal, or very similar, elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis.

• Conventional

• Methodical

• Traditional

• Formal

This image illustrates a balance of unlike objects. It is also referred to as asymmetrical balance.

• Unofficial

• Irregular

• Unconstrained

• Informal

This artwork is an example of this type of balance where two halves of a balanced composition are identical, mirror images of each other.

• Orderly

• Symmetry

• Harmonious

• Proportional

The visual forces in art are the art elements.

• True

• False

Which one of the choices in not considered as a factor in the visual balance of a work of art? (According to the textbook)

• Size and Contour

• Color

• Texture

• Position

• Clarity

Which type of balance is used in this house pole by Arthur Shaughnessy?

• Symmetrical

• Asymmetrical

• Approximate

• Informal