The Principles of Design what you need to know to make a great piece of art.

The Principles of Design

what you need to know to make a great piece of art

Movement-A way of combining visual elements (such as lines, shapes, forms, etc…) to produce a sense of action, or implied motion. It creates the look and

feeling of action & guides the viewer’s eyes through a work of art.

Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, 1913

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Rhythm-A visual tempo or beat. It indicates movement through the repetition of art elements.Often described as alternating, flowing, regular, progressive ,or jazzy.

Willem de Kooning, Untitled XIII, 1985

Jackson Pollock , Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950

Contrast (& Variety)-A large difference between two things. For example; rough & smooth,

large and small or black & white.

Joan Miró, Constellation: Toward the Rainbow, 1941

Grant Wood , The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931

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Variety (& Contrast)-Using different lines, shapes, textures, colorsand other art elements to create interest in awork of art.

Nancy Doughty , Quilt, Contained Crazy pattern,1872

Henri Matisse, Panel with Mask , 1947

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Balance-The way the art elements are arranged to create a feeling

of stability in a work. Parts of equal visual weight. Balance can be symmetrical or asymmetrical

Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte--1884

Frank Stella, Gray Scramble (Single), VIII, 1968

Repetition & Pattern-decorative visual repeating of the art elements, which helps to unify a piece of artwork

Rene Magritte, Golconda, 1953

Salvador Dali, The Weaning of Furniture Nutrition, 1934

Emphasis-An area in an artwork that catches and holds theviewer’s attention. It is also called the focal area or focal point. It makes one part of a work dominant over the other parts.

Charles Demuth, Red Poppies, 1929

Sébastien Bourdon, The Holy Family, ca. 1650

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Proportion- The relation of one object to another in size,scale, amount, number or degree.

Salvador Dali, The Dream, 1931

Claes Oldenburg:, "Free" Stamp at Cleveland City Hall, 1991

Unity & Harmony-A feeling that all of the parts in an artwork areworking together as a team; the quality ofwholeness.

James Rosenquist, House of Fire, 1981

Louis Comfort Tiffany ,Made by Tiffany Studios,

Stained Glass Window, ca. 1902–15

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