Principles of design Flashcards
What are the principles of design?
Unity, variety, emphasis, rhythmic, movement, balance, proportion
What are more about the principles?
There are no rules, interdependent, help compose and analyse pieces of art, describe effects that may occur with a composition
What is unity?
All elements work together to communicate ideas/feelings
What is movement?
Optical - center of the gaze, eye movement, responsible for the bigger picture
Implied - illusory conjunctions - occurs when items are presented peripherally
What is variety?
Introducing different elements, avoiding monotomy
What is rhythm?
Created through repetition of similar forms to create movement of the eye
What is balance?
Occurs when the visual weight in an artwork feels equally distributed
Symmetrical, asymmetrical, partially symmetrical and radial
What is pattern?
Created by repeating lines, shapes or other elements in a recognizable way, over a surface area
Repeated elements are called motifs
What is proportion?
Art concerns the size relationship between difference art works
What are the Gestalt principles?
Figure ground, focal point, continuity, closure, similarity, proximity, common region
What does the figure ground principle state?
Humans perceive an object either in the foreground or in the background
What does the focal point principle state?
Whatever stands out visually captures and holds the viewer’s attention
What does the continuity principle state?
Elements are arranged in a line or curve and are perceived to be more related than elements not on a line or a curve
What does the closure principle state?
When we look at incomplete visual elements, we look at the recognizable pattern and finish the puzzle
What does the similarity principle state?
When objects appear to look similar, we tend to group them together
