module 4 key terms

uses compositional elements that are offset from each other, creating a visually unstable balance. Asymmetrical visual balance is the most dynamic because it creates a more complex design construction.

• Asymmetry

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the area of primary visual importance (main idea)

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recreating the movement of things in an artwork, such as a person walking/running

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The systematic arrangement of a repeated shapes or forms creates pattern

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The size relationship of parts to a whole and to one another (ex. The size of a person’s head compared to the size of their arm.

• proportion

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movement from the center of a composition towards the outer edge - or vise versa. Many times radial balance is another form of symmetry

• Radial balance

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Repetition

• is the use of two or more like elements or forms within a composition.

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the lyric or syncopated visual effect that helps carry the viewer, and the artist’s idea, throughout the work

• rhythm,

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The size relation of one object in an artwork to another.

• scale

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characterized by an exact – or nearly exact - compositional design on either (or both) sides of the horizontal or vertical axis of the picture plane. 

• Symmetrical balance

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