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Balance & Imbalance Symmetry and Asymmetry. Visual Weight in Design Elements The major difference in design balance and physical balance is that your visual elements don ’ t have a physical weight. They do however, have visual weight . Some things that affect visual weight:
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Visual Weight in Design Elements The major difference in design balance and physical balance is that your visual elements don’t have a physical weight. They do however, have visual weight. Some things that affect visual weight: Size – As you would expect larger elements carry more weight Color – It’s not fully understood why, but some colors are perceived as weighing more than others. Red seems to be heaviest whileyellowseems to be lightest. Density – Packing more elements into a given space, gives more weight to that space Value – A darker object will have more weight than a lighter object Whitespace – Positive space weighs more than negative space or whitespace
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Symmetrical Balance Parthenon in Athens, Greece
Buddha Amoghasiddhi with Eight Bodhisattvas ca. 1200–1250 Tibet (Central regions) Distemper on cloth 27 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.
The Last Supper byLeonardo da Vinci, Tempera on gesso, pitch & mastic, 1495 – 98, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Face Mask (Kpeliye'e) 19th–mid-20th century Côte d'Ivoire Senufo Wood, horns, raffia fiber, cotton cloth, feather, metal, sacrificial material H. 30 1/4 in. Throughout the twentieth century, members of poro, a Senufo initiation association, wore small, finely carved face masks as insignia. Considered feminine, the masks honor deceased Senufo elders with their grace and beauty.
Contemporary totem Pole at Namgis Burial Ground in British Columbia, Canada Rattle 19th century Queen Charlotte Islands British Columbia Skittagetan or Haida Wood, pigment Overall: 3 x 8 in. This rattle depicts a grinning mountain spirit, potentially that of a bear. The spirit would act as the intercessor for the human figure found between the ears. The rattle represents the relationship between the two and how the owner would depend on the spirit for strength and guidance.
Little Faith by Jimmy Joe Roche, painted paper sculpture, 106 x 2 x 78” 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ-XJObVaBU
Prototype For New Understanding by Brian Jungen, Nike Shoe Sculpture, ranging in size from 2 x 2 to igloo-size, 2010
Artwork from Brian Jungen’s show at National Museum of the American Indian in DC, 2009 RIGHT: Blanket no.7 Professional Sports Jerseys, 69 x 53.5” 2008 LEFT: Collection of Prototype For New Understanding
Namgyal monks completing a sand mandala, Cleveland, Ohio, museum.
Radial Symmetry Detail of the mandala Mandala of Jnanadakini late 14th century Tibet (a Sakya monastery) Distemper on cloth 33 1/4 x 28 7/8 in. This mandala is in the form of an extraordinary palace seen from above. It is presided over by a female Buddha, Jnanadakini, who is the feminine aspect of Jnanadaka, a fierce manifestation of the Buddha Vajrasattva. Jnanadakini has six arms and three heads and sits on a lion throne surrounded by the eight goddesses of her inner circle. Four female guardians are seated in the doorways of the palace's gates.
Circle Limit IV, woodcut in black and ocre, 2 block prints 1960 by M. C. Escher
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Metamorphosis III byM. C. Escher woodcut, second state in red, green & reddish-brown, 1967-68
Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VIII, 1923, Oil on canvas, 55 1/8 x 79 1/8 inches
Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night, Saint Rémy, June 1889. Oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4"
Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948, Tempera on gessoed panel, 32 1/4 x 47 3/4" The woman crawling through the tawny grass was the artist's neighbor in Maine, who, crippled by polio, "was limited physically but by no means spiritually."
Wassily Kandinsky, Composition VII, 1913, Oil on canvas, (6' 6 3/4" x 9' 11 1/8”)
Mark di Suvero, Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore), 1967 Painted steel, 480 x 480 x 360 in
George Bellows Between Rounds, 1923 Lithograph 18 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches
Scott Hunt Donut 1999
Digital collages by Florian Kuhlmann http://wim101.blogspot.com/2011/07/digital-collages-by-florian-kuhlmann.html
Modern Lifestyle Mandala (Lingerie #1) 2002 Digital C-prints. 28.25" x 47.75". 5 + 2 APs. Common goods arranged in complex radial formations. Inspired by the Buddhist mandala and shopping. http://www.salavon.com/work/Mandala/image/188/ http://www.salavon.com/work/color-wheel/image/409/
Fred Tomaselli, Dead Eyed Bird Blast, 1997. Hemp leaves, pills, photo collage, acrylic, and resin on wood panel. 60" x 60”
Metal Destroyer, 2004. Mixed media, resin on wood. 72" x 72"
FRED TOMASELLI, Hang Over, 2005, Leaves, pills, acrylic, resin on wood panel, 84 X 120 inches
