Principles-of-Design(grade 10 mapeh-arts)

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2. The process of selecting and organizing visual
elements and the product of that process
In two-dimensional arts, this organization is referred
as to composition.

3. Unity and Variety
Balance
Emphasis and Subordination
Directional Forces
Contrast
Repetition and Rhythm
Scale and Proportion

4. Unity and Variety are complementary with each other
Unity is the appearance or condition of oneness.
It describes the feeling that all the elements in a work
belong together and make up a coherent and
harmonious whole.

5. Variety provides diversity, acts to counter unity
Balance between unity and variety creates life.

Pattern refers to a repetitive ordering of design
elements.

6. Going Home
by Jacob Lawrence

7. Interior of a Dutch
House
by Pieter de Hooch

8. Chariot
by Alberto
Giacometti

9. The achievement of equilibrium
A painting can depict an act of violence or imbalance-a
frenzied battle or a fall from a tight rope
Two types of balance: Symmetrical (formal) and
Asymmetrical (informal)

10. Balance is both a visual issue and a structural
necessity.
It is the achievement of equilibrium, in which acting
influences are held in check by opposing forces

11. Symmetrical Balance
The near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-
dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition.
It is useful in architecture because it is easier to comprehend
than asymmetry.
It imposes a balanced unity and connotes permanence and
poise.

12. A President’s House
By: James Hoban
1793-1794

13. Portrait of the
Hung-Chih
Emperor

14. Asymmetrical Balance
The left and right sides are not the same instead, various
elements are balanced—according to their size and
meaning—around a felt or implied center of gravity.

15. Evening Glow of the
Ando
by Suzuki Haranobu

16. The Holy Family on
the Steps
by Nicolas Poussin

17. Emphasis is used to draw our attention to an area or
areas.
If that area is a specific spot or figure, it is called focal
point.

18. Through subordination, an artist creates neutral areas
of lesser interest that keeps us from being distracted
from the areas of emphasis.

19. The Holy Family on
the Steps
by Nicolas Poussin

20. Directional Forces influence the attention we pay to
parts of an artwork.
These are “paths” for the eye to follow provided by
actual or implied lines.

21. Bullfight
by Francisco Goya

22. It is the juxtaposition of strongly dissimilar elements.
Without contrast, visual experience would be
monotomous.

23. Luster-Painted
Bowl

24. The repetition of visual elements give a composition
of unity, continuity, flow and emphasis
Rhythm is created through the regular recurrence of
elements with related variations.

25. Madonna of The
Chair
by Raphael Sanzio

26. Cranes
by Ogata Korin

27. Zapatistas
by Jose Clemente
Orozco

28. Scale is the size relation of one thing to another.
Proportion is the size relationship of parts to a whole
Format refers to the size and shape of a two-
dimensional picture plane
The use of unnatural proportions to show the relative
importance of figures is called Hierarchical scale

29. Shuttlecocks
By Claes Oldenburg
and Coosje van
Bruggen

30. Rembrandt van
Rijn’s self-portrait

31. Pieta
by Michelangelo
Buonarroti

32. Pieta
St. Mary’s Church,
Poland

33. Sistine Chapel:
Creation
by Michelangelo