module 4 Flashcards
the most essential factor in a
composition; also called UNITY, it is achieved
when all the elements of a thing are put
together to come up with a coherent whole.
HARMONY
known as PHYSICAL EQUILLIBRIUM ,
it is the stability produced by even distribution
of weight on each side of the thing.
BALANCE
exists if the weights
at EQUAL DISTANCE from the center are equal.
FORMAL BALANCE
is present when
the left and the right sides of the thing, though
NOT IDENTICAL in appearance,
INFORMAL BALANCE
the continuous use of motif or
REPETITIVE PATTERN of a succession of similar or
identical items.
RHYTHM
the COMPARATIVE RELATIONSHIP of the different parts in relation to
the whole.
PROPORTION
according to him, a well-known
proportioned HUMAN BODIES IS EIGHT-HEAD PARTS,
that is, the head is one-eight of the entire
human body.
Polyclitus
he came up with his own
measurement of the human body by means of
his work, “The Vitruvian Man”
Da Vinci
it is the GIVING OF PROPER IMPORTANCE on one or more parts of the thing or
the whole
EMPHASIS
the difference between
elements of art in a composition, such that
element is made stronger in relation to the
other.
CONTRAST
the result of using the
elements of art such that they move the
viewer’s eye around and within the image
MOVEMENT