Visual Arts Concepts

____ creates a visual balance without objects being the same on both sides; often opposites are used to create this type of balance.

• Symmetrical

• Radial

• Asymmetrical

is the use of a visual device several times within a work.

• Repetition
• Balance

• Isolation

is when the long edge of the paper is vertical (up and down).

• Portrait
• Landscape

is a formal type of balance that occurs when a picture is divided down the middle and will be the same or close to the same on both sides.

• Asymmetrical

• Symmetrical
• Isolation

____is achieved by placing a subject completely within the physical boundaries of the work and nothing is left to the imagination.

• Open Composition

• Closed Composition
• Portrait

____ is present when the viewer's eye is led throughout the entire composition.

• Continuity

• Focal Point
• Pattern

is an equality of visual weight (eye attraction) throughout a composition.

• Balance
• Contrast

• Emphasis

____creates a visual circular motion from the center of the composition toward the outer limits.

• Radial
• Pattern

• Asymmetrical

is when an object may be more interesting when separated from other objects; set apart; creates emphasis/focal point.

• Isolation

• Focal Point

• Radial

is when the long edge of the paper is horizontal (side to side).

• Landscape
• Portrait
• Square