Balance

This image shows an example of:

• asymmetrical balance
• symmetrical balance
• radial balance
• physical balance

What type of balance does this use?

• Symmetrical
• Asymmetrical
• Rule of 3rds
• There is no balance

What type of balance is shown?

• asymmetrical

• symmetrical

• radial

Radial balance is based on what shape? (Select the best answer.)

• Triangle

• Star

• Circle

• Square

Which type of balance usually refers to an artwork that's identical on the left and right sides of an imaginary vertical line drawn down the center? (Select the best answer.)

• Relieved symmetry

• Symmetrical balance

• Radial balance

• Informal balance

____________ is a feeling of balance attained when the visual units on either side of a vertical axis are actually different but are placed in the composition to create a “felt” balance of the total artwork.

• Radial Balance

• Asymmetrical Balance

• Symmetrical Balance

• Composition

Which of the following is an example of radial balance?

• Apple

• Banana

• Pineapple

• Sunflower

What is the main characteristic of asymmetrical balance?

• Symmetrical distribution of visual weight

• Unequal distribution of visual weight

• No distribution of visual weight

• Equal distribution of visual weight

A line of symmetry is...

• how heavy an artwork is

• a vertical line

• a line that divides an object or image into two identical halves

• a line that crosses an artwork

Balance in art is...

• how heavy an artwork is

• the visual weight of the elements in the artwork

• when an artwork tips over if you push it

• when the right side of an artwork has more objects