Unity, Variety, & Balance

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1 Unity, Variety, & Balance

2 Terms Unity- the imposition of order and harmony on design Elements- Basic vocabulary of art Principles- the grammar to the vocabulary of elements. Contrast, balance, unity, variety, rhythm, emphasis,pattern,scale, proportion, and focal point. Composition- design or organization of a work Variety- the diversity of different ideas, media, and elements in a work Medium- material a work is made of Grid- a network of horizontal and vertical lines; in an artwork's composition grid lines are implied. Gestalt- complete order and indivisible unity of all aspects of an artwork's design Cubism- 20th century art movement that favored a new perspective emphasizing geometric forms. Style- Characteristic way in which an artist or group of artists uses visual language to give a work an identifiable form of visual expression. Cubism is an example of a style Still life- a scene of inanimate objects Renaissance- a period of cultural, economic, and artistic change in Europe from the 14th to 17th century. Foreground-Middleground-Background Collage- a work of art assembled by gluing materials like paper on a surface. Surrealism- an artistic movement/style in the 1920 s and later its work was inspired by dreams and the subconscious. Found image or object- an image or object found by an artistic and presented, with little or no alteration, as part of a work or as a finished work of art in itself. Motif- a design or color repeated as a unit in a pattern Mandala- a sacred diagram of the universe, often involving a square and a circle.

3 VARIETY BALANCE Unity, Variety and Balance are central principles that artists use to create visual impact. Variety is the act of creating visual diversity Balance- referring to the distribution of the elements. A balancing of unity and variety. Lozenge composition with red black blue and yellow by Piet Mondrian

4 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form.

5 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form. Katsushika Hokusai Oshiokuri hato tsūsen no zu, print by Hokusai, c. 1805

6 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form. Katsushika Hokusai The Great Wave off Kanagawa, 1830

7 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form. Katsushika Hokusai Chōshi in Shimosha, from One Thousand Images of the Sea Its a correct balance, too little variety and it becomes monotonous, toomuch variety, the scene becomes unreadable. History of Japanese woodcuts

8 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form. Suprematist Composition Kazimir Malevich Zaha Hadid using Malevich

9 Compositional Unity, organizing all the visual aspects of a work. This type of harmony is not easy to achieve, but appears easy in the final form. Suprematist Composition Kazimir Malevich Zaha Hadid using Malevich

10 Conceptual unity- refers to the cohesive expression of ideas within a work of art. Artists bring in their own intentions, experiences, and reactions to their work. Joseph Cornell, Untitled, the hotel eden, 1945.

11 Gestalt Unity- German word for shape, refers to art in which the whole seems greater than the sum of its parts Gestalt Principles MC Escher and Water I Woodcut

12 Using Variety to Unify Variety, differences in elements Gestalt Principles MC Escher and Water I Woodcut

13 Balance Objects have physical weight parts of a work can have visual weight or impact. These elements need to be balanced to achieve visual equilibrium. Symmetrical Balance- if the Parthenon was cut in half, it would have one half look exactly like the other half.

14 Balance Objects have physical weight parts of a work can have visual weight or impact. These elements need to be balanced to achieve visual equilibrium. Asymmetrical Balance- A heavy object can be balanced by several lighter objects on the other side as long as ts the weight on both sides is the same Zaha Hadid, Malevich's Tektonik London project, 1977:

15 Balance Objects have physical weight parts of a work can have visual weight or impact. These elements need to be balanced to achieve visual equilibrium. Radial Balance- achieved when all elements in a work are equidistant from a central point and repeat in a symmetrical way. Zaha Hadid, Malevich's Tektonik London project, 1977: Excerpt from the Werner Herzog Documentary Wheel of Time