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]

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