Design Principles
Design Principles 2
Artwork & Its Principles
100
A strategic placement of figures, shapes, or colors in proximity to one another
Unity
100
Stimulates interest and creates complexity
Variety
100
Otto Steinert, Ein-Fuβ-Gänger (One Foot Walker) (1950)
Asymmetrical Balance
200
The distribution of weight—actual or visual
Balance
200
The primary point of visual interest in a work of art
Focal Point
200
Andy Warhol, Ethel Scull Thirty-Six Times (1963)
Unity and Variety
[Any one Answer is Correct]
300
Attracts and hold the viewer’s attention
Emphasis
300
Refers to the size of objects in relation to others like them or to things around them
Scale
300
Bruce Barnbaum, Wall with Two Ridges, Lower Antelope Canyon (1983)
Horizontal, Vertical, Diagonal, and Radial Balance
[Any one Answer is Correct]
400
Occurs when repetitive patterns convey a sense of movement
Rhythm
400
The comparative size relationship, or ratio, of things to one another
Proportion
400
Lily Furedi, Subway, 1934
Variety, Scale, & Proportion
[Any answer is correct]
500
The process of organizing visual elements to effect a desired aesthetic in a work of art
Composition
500
All Principles of Design
Unity and Variety, Balance, Emphasis and Focal point, Rhythm, Scale, and Proportion
500
Michelangelo, The Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1508-1512)
Unity and Variety, Balance, Emphasis, Rhythm, Scale, and Proportion
[Any one answer is correct]