Assignmnet 7 Principeles of Design

• Balance - a feeling of
equality of weight, attention, or attraction of the various elements within the
composition as a means of accomplishing unity





• Movement - the suggestion
of action or direction, the path our eyes follow when we look at a work of art





• Repetition and rhythm -
the act of repeating an element either regularly or irregularly resulting in a
rhythm of the repeating elements




• Emphasis - the stress
placed on a single area of a work or unifying visual theme




• Simplicity (a.k.a. visual economy) - the elimination of all non-essential elements or details to
reveal the essence of a form




• Contrast - the difference
between elements or the opposition to various elements




• Proportion - the relation
of two things in size, number, amount, or degree




• Space - the interval or
measurable distance between objects or forms (two dimensional or three
dimensional)




• Unity - the relationship
between the individual parts and the whole of a composition