The%20Principles%20of%20Design

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The Principles of Design

• what you need to know to make a great piece of art

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Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889

• Movement-
• A way of combining visual elements (such as
  lines, shapes, forms, etc)
• to produce a sense of action, or implied motion.
  It creates the look and feeling of action
  guides the viewers eyes through a work of art.

Umberto Boccioni, Unique Forms of Continuity in
Space, 1913
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Jackson Pollock , Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950
Willem de Kooning, Untitled XIII, 1985

• Rhythm-
• A visual tempo or beat.
• It indicates movement through the repetition of
  art elements.
• Often described as alternating, flowing, regular,
  progressive ,or jazzy.

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Grant Wood , The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere,
1931
Joan Miró, Constellation Toward the Rainbow, 1941

• Contrast ( Variety)-
• A large difference between two things. For
  example rough smooth, large and small or black
  white.

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Henri Matisse, Panel with Mask , 1947
Nancy Doughty , Quilt, Contained Crazy
pattern,1872

• Variety ( Contrast)-
• Using different lines, shapes, textures, colors
• and other art elements to create interest in a
• work of art.

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Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande
Jatte--1884
Frank Stella, Gray Scramble (Single), VIII, 1968

• Balance-
• The way the art elements are arranged to create a
  feeling of stability in a work. Parts of equal
  visual weight. Balance can be symmetrical or
  asymmetrical

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Repetition Pattern-decorative visual repeating
of the art elements, which helps to unify a piece
of artwork
Salvador Dali, The Weaning of Furniture
Nutrition, 1934
Rene Magritte, Golconda, 1953
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Charles Demuth, Red Poppies, 1929
Sébastien Bourdon, The Holy Family, ca. 1650

• Emphasis-
• An area in an artwork that catches and holds the
• viewers attention. It is also called the focal
  area or focal point.
• It makes one part of a work dominant over the
  other parts.

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Salvador Dali, The Dream, 1931
Claes Oldenburg, "Free" Stamp at Cleveland City
Hall, 1991

• Proportion-
• The relation of one object to another in size,
• scale, amount, number or degree.

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James Rosenquist, House of Fire, 1981
Louis Comfort Tiffany ,Made by Tiffany Studios,
Stained Glass Window, ca. 190215

• Unity Harmony-
• A feeling that all of the parts in an artwork are
• working together as a team the quality of
• wholeness.