Monday, May 13, 2013

Vocab # 3

  • Directional Movement: Movement in art
  • Rhythm: A reoccurring pattern. 
  • Proportion / Scale: Scale - size of an object in relation to another object. Proportion - relative size to parts of a whole
  • Balance: the way the elements in a piece are arranged
  • Unity: What gives the artwork cohesiveness - what ties it together.
  • Harmony:  Brings together a composition with similar units.
  • Contrast: the arrangement of opposite elements
  • Emphasis (Focal Point / Center of interest:  The artist makes part of the work stand out, in order to draw the viewer's eye there first. The focal point is the center of interest or activity in a work of art.

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