11 Principles of Design B

What principle of design is used in the given image?

• Unity and Harmony

• Balance

• Hierarchy

• Scale and Proportion

• Dominance and Emphasis

Answer explanation

Unity is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the work of art, which creates a sense of completeness.

All parts in the composition are connected in a way so as to be seen as one.

What principle of design is used in the given image?

• Unity and Harmony

• Balance

• Hierarchy

• Scale and Proportion

• Dominance and Emphasis

Answer explanation

It is the aesthetic feel of equal weight, attraction or attention of the various elements of art to achieve unity.

What form of balance is used in the given image?

• Formal/Symmetrical

• RADIAL

  balance

• Informal/asymmetrical

  balance

Answer explanation

Formal/Symmetrical – visual weights are equal or the same in both parts of the vertical axis.

A form of balance where it uses equal distribution of elements.

What form of balance is used in the given image?

• Formal/Symmetrical

• RADIAL

  balance

• Informal/asymmetrical

  balance

Answer explanation

Radial – when elements are led towards a focal point.

A form of balance where the visual elements are arranged around a central point in the composition (Hurst, Hurst, 29, & 28, 2019).

What form of balance is used in the given image?

• Formal/Symmetrical

• RADIAL

  balance

• Informal/asymmetrical

  balance

Answer explanation

Informal/Asymmetrical – visual weights are not equal in both parts of the vertical axis.

Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night, for instance, uses a notable visual, the sun, in the top right, and balances it out with a dark cypress tree in the bottom left. It would not be a successfully asymmetrical balance if van Gogh put both the sun and tree on the right side of the page.

Asymmetrical balance is when you have two dissimilar sides of a design and have positioned visual weight unequally, and yet you’ve still achieved a sense of balance. It evokes a sense of modernism and movement.

What principle of design is used in the given image?

• Balance

• Hierarchy

• Scale and Proportion

• Dominance and Emphasis

• Similarity and Contrast

Answer explanation

Hierarchy is the control of visual information in an arrangement or presentation to imply importance. Hierarchy influences the order in which the human eye perceives what it sees.

What form of hierarchy is used in the given image?

• trees

• weight

• nest

Answer explanation

Trees – elements are arranged like a tree with a trunk, branches, and sub-branches

Elements are arranged like a tree with a trunk, branches, and sub-branches

What form of hierarchy is used in the given image?

• trees

• weight

• nest

Answer explanation

Weight – elements of the same weight belong to the same class of hierarchical position

Elements of the same weight belong to the same class of hierarchical position

What form of hierarchy is used in the given image?

• trees

• WEIGHT

• nest

Answer explanation

Nest – elements are arranged as parents and child. Elements are nested visually to show what’s part of what. For example, a section heading would appear above the title of a particular book, visually encompassing the whole content area of the page, because the book is part of the section and the title in turn would span the elements that describe the book.

Elements are arranged as parents and child.

What principle of design is used in the given image?

• Balance

• Hierarchy

• Scale and Proportion

• Dominance and Emphasis

• Similarity and Contrast

Answer explanation

It is the principle of design that deals with distribution of the forms or elements in the space.

It creates relationships of scale between elements.

Scale and proportion are both design elements that have to do with size. Scale is the size of one object in relation to the other objects in a design or artwork. Proportion refers to the size of the parts of an object in relationship to other parts of the same object.

Size – elements of the same sizes in relationship with each other

Ratio – elements related to each other in a ratio appear together in visual harmony

Divisions – create focal points that give a sense of relationship

A single object, no matter how large or small, has no scale until it is compared to another. It allows us to create balance in a design and focus on dominant elements. The greater the scale, the greater the emphasis.

a landscape painting of Andrew Wyeth illustrates the proportion of the elements that is far from the view and largeness of elements near the view that establishes visual depth of the landscape.