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EMPHASIS

EMPHASIS. The center or focus of attention and interest within a design The feature that commands attention and makes a design visually interesting. Emphasis. Architectural features such as fireplaces or decorative windows are often used as focal points.

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EMPHASIS

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  1. EMPHASIS • The center or focus of attention and interest within a design • The feature that commands attention and makes a design visually interesting.

  2. Emphasis • Architectural features such as fireplaces or decorative windows are often used as focal points. • Works of art and decorative accessories are often emphasized in a design.

  3. WAYS TO CREATE EMPHASIS • Arrangement of furniture around a focal point. • Use of color, texture, or pattern. • Placement of accessories. • Use of lighting.

  4. Guidelines for Creating Emphasis • The point of emphasis should command attention, but not dominate the overall design. • Other features within the room should not compete for the emphasis.

  5. Grab a book • Read page 437 • Answer question 5 on page 443 on a lined sheet of paper. This will be turned in at the end of this unit.

  6. assignment • Fold a piece of paper in half hamburger and hot dog. • Draw a circle about ½ inch diameter somewhere inside of each square, different for each. • Write focal point inside each circle • Imagine each rectangle is a room. An the back write about what item might be located where you placed the circle? Describe how you would arrange furniture in the room to create emphasis to your focal point? Draw in your furniture from a birds-eye view.

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