Balance
- How art elements are arranged to create a feeling of stability in the work
- symmetrical balance -- formal or classical balance
- asymmetrical balance -- informal balance
- radial Balance
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Movement
- Way of combining elements of art to produce:
- the look of action
- cause the viewers eye to travel over the artwork
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Rhythm
- Repetition of the elements, colors, shapes, lines, values, forms, spaces, and textures
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Contrast
- Combining art elements to stress differences between or among them.
- value contrast
- color contrast - complimentary colors (side by side)
- color intensity contrast
- textural contrast
- shape contrast
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Emphasis
- Creates dominance and focus in artwork
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Pattern
- Overall composition or layout of work of art
- planned or random Repetitions
- repeated motifs
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Unity
- Combining all the art elements to achieve wholeness or total effect in works of art
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