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Chapter 2 Part 2 / Principles of Composition. Principles of Composition Balance Rhythm Proportion and Scale Emphasis Unity and Variety. Balance Balance. Balance symmetrical. Leonardo Da Vinci The Last Supper Fresco 1495-1498
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Chapter 2 Part 2 / Principles of Composition
Principles of Composition • Balance • Rhythm • Proportion and Scale • Emphasis • Unity and Variety
Balance symmetrical LeonardoDa Vinci The Last Supper Fresco 1495-1498 A wall of the Refectory, Santa Mariadelle Grazie, Milan, Italy
Balance symmetrical Angkor Wat Central Temple Complex c. 1113 - 1150 CE Cambodia
BalanceAsymmetrical JoanMiró The Birth of the World 1925 Oil on canvas
BalanceAsymmetrical Marisol The Family Painted wood & other materials in 3 sections 1962
BalanceAsymmetrical Mark Rothko Blue, Orange, Red Oil on canvas 1961
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Rythm Churning of the Ocean of Milk Carved stone Angkor Wat, Cambodic 1113 - 1150 CE
Rhythm Magdalena Abakanowicz Backs 1976-1982 Burlap and glue 80 pieces
Rhythm Islamic Mosque in Cordoba, Spain
Proportion LeonardoDa Vinci Proportions of the Human Figure (‘Vetruvius Man’) Venus of Willendorf Stone 25,000 BCE Michelangelo Buonarroti David , 1504 13’ high http://library.thinkquest.org/27890/applications6.html
ScaleSubverted René Magritte Personal Values 1952 Oil on canvas 31 5/8” x 39 1/2”
Scale Hierarchical Jan Van Eyck Madonna in the Church c.1437 Oil on Panel
Proportion and Scale Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen & Frank Gehry The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building Venisce, CA 1985 - 91
Proportion and Scale Claes Oldenburg Bat c.1977 Chicago, IL
Proportion and Scale Claes Oldenburg &Coosje van Bruggen Dropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and Peels1990 Steel, reinforced concrete, fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel; stainless steel Seventeen parts 16 ft. 9 in. x 91 ft. x 105 ft. Metro Dade Open Space Park, Miami
A B C Proportion Classical Greek design principle The Golden Rectangle The Golden Mean Root 5 Rectangle (based on the Golden Mean Length = √ 5 x height )
Proportion Michelangelo Thje Fall of Man and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden 1508-1512 Fresco on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy Based on the root 5 rectangle
Proportion Classical Greek principle Golden Rectangle Spiral RobertSmithson Spiral Jetty Great Salt Lake, UT 1970 Nautilus
Emphasis [ and Focal Point ] Richard Hamilton RichardHamilton My Marilyn 1966 Silkscreen
Emphasis [ and Focal Point ] Jasper Johns Between the Clock and the Bed 1981 Encaustic on canvas 6’ x 10 1/2’
* Emphasis and Focal Point- Radial ChuckClose Lucas II 1987 Oil on canvas
Unity Thomas Hart Benton Palisades 1919-1924 Oil
Unity and Variety Marcel Duchamp Nude Descending a Staircase Oil on canvas 1912
EdwardHopper Nighthawks1942 Oil on canvas 30” x 60”
ClaudeMonet Haystack at Sunset Near Giverny1891 Oil on canvas 28” x 36”
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