Artistic Principles and Approaches

Creates a sense of importance, intended to communicate a message or feeling

• harmony

• emphasis

• rhythm

• balance

The sense of stability achieved through the weight of an object is

• unity

• harmony

• balance

• movement

What is the counterweight to harmony?

• variety

• movement

• balance

• emphasis

The three types of balance are:

• asymmetrical, center, symmetrical

• symmetrical, circular, opposite

• symmetrical, asymmetrical, radial

• right, left, center

Pattern and repetiton are used to create

• variety

• movement

• harmony

• rhythm

The Idea of Appropriation

Two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• gradation

• Divine ratio

• linear perspective

• juxtaposition

Our mind looks for connections among groups of objects in order to make meaning out of them

• comprehension

• visual organization

• transformation

• surrealism

Which type of balance arranges the elements of a composition around a central point?

• radial

• symmetrical

• pointed

• asymmetrical

What is the major difference between shape and form in art?