Assignment #7 Principles of Design

• Balance - a feeling of equality of weight, attention, or attraction of the various elements within the composition as a means of accomplishing unity

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• Movement - the suggestion of action or direction, the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art

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• Repetition and rhythm - the act of repeating an element either regularly or irregularly resulting in a rhythm of the repeating elements

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• Emphasis - the stress placed on a single area of a work or unifying visual theme

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• Simplicity (a.k.a. visual economy) - the elimination of all non-essential elements or details to reveal the essence of a form

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• Contrast - the difference between elements or the opposition to various elements

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• Proportion - the relation of two things in size, number, amount, or degree

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• Space - the interval or measurable distance between objects or forms (two dimensional or three dimensional)

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• Unity - the relationship between the individual parts and the whole of a composition

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