ART PRINCIPLES

Question 1

DEFINITION: BALANCE

• SYMMETRICAL
• One side mirrors the other
• Creates a sense of balance and stability
• ASYMMERTICAL
• One side overpowers the other
• Create a sense of unbalance and unstableness

Answer 1

BALANCE

• The distribution of visual weight in a work of art
• The way elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in the artwork
• Can be either SYMMETRICAL or ASYMMETRICAL

Question 2

DEFINITION: CONTRAST

Answer 2

CONTRAST

• Differences in tone, colors, textures, shapes and other art elements used to draw attention to or to male DRAMATIC parts of an artwork
• Creates interest and tension
• EXAMPLE: complementary colors or BLACK and WHITE = High contrast

Question 3

DEFINITION: EMPHASIS / FOCAL POINT

Answer 3

EMPHASIS / FOCAL POINT

• Occurs any time an element of a piece is given DOMINANCE by the artist
• Directs and focuses the viewer’s attention on the most important parts of the composition

Question 4

DEFINITION: MOVEMENT

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MOVEMENT

- A regular repetition of elements to produce the look and feel of movement

Question 5

DEFINITION: PROPORTION

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PROPORTION

• The comparative amounts or ratios of an elements
• The connection between parts and the whole
• The comparative relationship of one part to another with respect to size, quantity, or degree

Question 6

DEFINITION: REPETITION / PATTERN

Answer 6

REPETITION / PATTERN

• A regularly recurring motif / shape / figure creates PATTERN
• An IRREGULARLY recurring motif is REPETITION

Question 7

DEFINITION: RHYTHM

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RHYTHM

• Where the use of an art element is repeated
• Either regular or irregular repetition
• Creates a sense of movement (Like musical beats)

Question 8

DEFINITION: SCALE

Answer 8

SCALE

• The comparative size of shapes or forms, etc
• Within an artwork

Question 9

DEFINITION: SPACE

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SPACE

• Distances or areas around, between, and within components of a piece of art
• Creates the illusion of space/depth

Question 10

DEFINITION: UNITY

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UNITY

• The similar or uniform use of an art element that unifies or ties together a composition
• Creates a sense of balance in an artwork
• When all the elements and principles work together to create a sense of balance

Question 11

DEFINITION: VARIETY

Answer 11

VARIETY

• The diverse use of an art element
• Increases the visual interest of the artwork

Question 12

DEFINITION: ART PRINCIPLES

• COMPOSITION
• The arrangement of art elements within a work of art

Answer 12

ART PRINCIPLES

• The organization of art elements
• How the artist has organized the art elements individually or in combination
• Helps the artist creates a unique composition