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Composition
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The organization of lines, shapes, colors and other art elements in a work of art. More often applied to two-dimensional art; the broader term is design.
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Visual weight
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The apparent "heaviness" or "lightness" of the forms arranged in a composition, as gauged by how insistently they draw the viewer's eye.
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Symmetrical Balance
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The implied center of gravity is the vertical axis, an imaginary line drawn down the center of the composition.
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Mandala
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Means "circle" in Sanskrit, the ritual language of early South Asia, where both Buddhism and Hinduism first took form.
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Asymmetrical Balance
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Has two sides that do not match. If it seems to be balanced, that is because the visual weights in the two halves are very similar.
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Principles of Design
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Most often identified are unity and variety, balance, emphasis and subordination, proportion and scale, and rhythm.
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Unity
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Is a sense of oneness, of things belonging together and making up a coherent whole.
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Variety
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Is difference, which provides interest
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Emphasis
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Are complementary concepts. Emphasis means that our attention is drawn more to certain parts of a composition than to others.Subordination means that certain areas of the composition are purposefully made less visually interesting, so that the areas of emphasis stand out.
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Scale
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Both have to do with size. Scale means size in relation to a standard or "normal" size. Proportion refers to size relationships between parts of a whole, or between two or more items perceived as a nuit.
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Hierarchical Scale
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 The representation of more important figures as larger than less important figures, as when a king is portrayed on a larger scale than his attendants. |
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Rhythm
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Is based in repetition, and it is a basic part of the world we find ourselves in.
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