ORGANIZATION IN THE VISUAL ARTS

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGNThe organization of the various

elements of the visual arts is govern by different principles of design.

Through these principles the artist can form more beautiful and interesting color harmonies and more beautiful combinations of shapes, texture and lines.

Design makes it easier for an artist to express his ideas in such a way that the observer becomes interested in is work.

It also makes objects in our environment more comprehensible.

The design of an art object makes it possible for an observer to tell its function.

Through the combination of lines, colors ad forms, an artist can give the observer new, varied and satisfying experiences.

HARMONY Essential to beauty

Visual Arts: it is achieved by establishing a pleasing relationship between the various elements. There is harmony if the various parts of

the design will give an appearance of belonging together. In other words there must be UNITY.

REPETITION of angles and curves, shapes, lines and colours will give a harmonious effect.

To relieve monotomy, there must be VARIETY.

-the spice of life and of art.-it may be achieved by the diversity

of materials used and slight contrast in color, texture, shape and space arrangements.

Painting and interior decoration: complementary hues when used will give contrast.

Sculptor: variety may obtain through the use of contrast of texture, such as smooth and rough, in his work.

Architect: instead of using a long line of windows, may group the windows and introduce space between the groups. Monotony produced by vertical lines of

columns in buildings may be relieved by transition lines.

If the wall paper in room is figured, the use of plain curtains will make it more beautiful and restful .

Artist must be careful that the variety he introduces does not destroy the harmonious effect.

BALANCE All parts are equally distributed around a

central point.

Weights are equally distributed on each side of a center of fulcrum, as in see-saw.

Gives a feeling of stability and rest.

Makes an object or room not only interesting but also pleasant to look at.

FORMAL OR SYMMETRICAL BALANCE Achieved by making both sides

exactly alike.

Objects of the same size and shape, when arranged on two sides of a center, will produce formal balance.

Gives an atmosphere of dignity and formality.

INFORMAL OR ASYMMETRIAL BALANCE Occult balance More difficult to achieved than formal

balance; however, the results are more interesting.

Achieved when objects of unequal weights or unequal attractions are placed at the correct distances from the center as when a large object or an object of stronger attraction is placed near the center, while the smaller object or one with less striking attraction is moved.

Generally use when we want to attract the attention of observers and set them thinking about the object under observation.

-Active Balance: it suggests spontaneity and movement and also gives an impression of casualness.

PROPORTION Determined by a comparison of the sizes

of different parts of an object or of an arrangement.

Harmonious proportion achieved when one part of an object does not seem too big or too small for other parts.

Painting: the principle of good proportion is useful in combining colors successfully and in determining the margins for mounting.

To produce more pleasing harmony here should be more of one color than the others

Avoid using equal amounts of two or more colors

Avoid also a great deal of one color and only atiny bit of another.

RHYTHM

Achieved by the regular or harmonious recurrence of lines, forms, and colors.

Organized movement, a beat, a repetition.

Through the repetition of lines or forms, a pattern is produced, which the eye follows as it moves from the right to left.

A series of units repeated one after another also produced rhytmic.

Through the use of color, charming patterns will be formed that will carry the eye from one part of a room to another. Repetition of color in different parts of the room produces a rhythmical effect which is not only charming but pleasing.

Rhythmical patterns help the eye to move easily from one part of the room to another or from one part of a design to another.

Rhythm is used as the most effective way of creating aesthetic unity in prose, music, dance, painting, architecture, and sculpture.

Space Arts: rhythm is used in repetition, alternation, and gradation of the elements of art , line, form, color and texture.

EMPHASIS / SUBORDINATION Produced by the design or form that

catches our attention while the rest are subordinated.

The pattern emphasized usually forms the center of interest.

It may be defined by giving the proper importance to the parts or to the whole.

Emphasis is important in all art forms and this is most noticeable in the art of advertising.

Emphasis in the visual arts may be secured in several ways. It may be secured through size and position.

Color is also used to create emphasis.

Emphasis is important because it relieves monotomy. It can also used to call attention to pleasing centers of interest.