Module 4 key terms

Asymmetry

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• 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.

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Emphasis

• the area of primary visual importance (main idea)

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Motion

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

Pattern

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• The systematic arrangement of a repeated shapes or forms creates pattern

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proportion

• The size relationship of parts to a whole and to one another.

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Radial balance

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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

Repetition

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

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rhythm

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

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scale

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

Symmetrical balance

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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. 

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