1 / 29

Visual Unity/Harmony

Visual Unity/Harmony. No organization: Chaotic. No organization: a mess. No organization: no part of the image is more important the any other. It is an ‘all-over’ image, allowing the viewer to scan the entirety rather than zoom in on any one part. Jackson Pollock, There were seven in eight.

foster
Download Presentation

Visual Unity/Harmony

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Visual Unity/Harmony

  2. No organization: Chaotic

  3. No organization: a mess

  4. No organization: no part of the image is more important the any other. It is an ‘all-over’ image, allowing the viewer to scan the entirety rather than zoom in on any one part. Jackson Pollock, There were seven in eight

  5. Gestalt: A Unified Whole • Gestalt theory: Visual imagery is understood holistically before it is examined separately. We look at the whole puzzle before individual pieces. • A succesful composition feels unified, but on analysis can be broken down into: • Grouping • Containment • Proximity • Repetition • Continuity • Closure These elements work together to create a unified whole.

  6. GROUPING organizing a composition based on similarities, based on location, type, color, etc Jennifer Bartlet, Alphabet

  7. Indian Miniature Painting, watercolor on paper

  8. Bruegel, Dutch Proverbs

  9. Bruegel, The Harvesters

  10. Containment and Grouping: edges around objects help us further group them October, Janet Fish

  11. Proximity- nearby objects are read as being together Andy Warhol, Scandinavian Airlines

  12. Fusion-shapes share edges, so that new shapes are formed Frank Stella

  13. Repetition: we see the same visual effect over and over Edgar Degas, the Millinery shop

  14. Repetition Creating adiagonal orientation Edgar Degas, Ballet Dancers

  15. Kitagawa Unamaro, Enjoying the cool evening breeze on and under the bridge

  16. Jennifer Bartlett, AIR 24 hours, 11

  17. Continuation: a fluid connection between parts Balthus, the Living Room

  18. This can lead to a sense of movement Rosenquist, Women’s Intuition

  19. Continuity creating movement Thomas Eakins, Swimming

  20. Closure: a mind’s inclination to connect fragmentary information to create a complete form.

  21. Chuck Close, Phil

  22. Wassily Kandinsky, Circles in a Circle What principles of Gestalt Theory are present?

  23. Variety • DIFFERENCE Unity and variety are the basis of good compositions—a piece should feel unified so that all elements are working together and nothing seems ‘out of place’, BUT We Varied enough so that there are elements of interest, we don’t get bored.

  24. How is variety presented in this piece? Marilyn Minter, M & E

  25. Alexander Calder, Spirals

  26. Are both unity and variety present? Ryan McGinness, Aesthetic Comfort

More Related