1. ORGANIZATION IN THE
VISUAL ARTS
Presented by:
ERIC F. PAZZIUAGAN, RN, MAN

2. Harmony
 Essential to beauty.
 Visual arts: achieved by establishing a
pleasing relationship between the
various elements.
 Unity: various parts of the design will
give an appearance of belonging
together.
 Repetition of angles and curves,
shapes, lines and colors will give a
harmonious effect.

3.  To relieve monotony, there must be
variety.
◦ The spice of life and of art.
◦ 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: use of conrast of texture,
such as smooth and rough, in his
work.

4.  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 ne careful that the variety
he introduces does not destroy the
harmonious effect.

5. 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.

6. Formal balance
 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.

7. Informal or asymmetrical
balance
 Occult balance
 More difficult to achieve the 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

8.  Generally used when we want to
attract the attention of observers and
set them thinking about the object
under observation.
◦ Active balance: suggests spontaneity and
movement.
◦ Gives an impression of casualness.

9. Proportion
 Determined by a comparison of the sizes
of different parts of an object or of an
arrangement.
 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.
◦ There should be more of one color than the
others.

10. 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

11.  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 aye to
move easily from one part of the room
to another or from one part of a design
to another.

12.  It is used as the most effective way of
creating aesthetic unity in
prose, music, dance, painting, architec
ture, and sculpture.
 Space arts: rhythm is used in
repetition, alternation, and gradation of
the elements of art, line, form, color
and texture.

13. Emphasis/ Subordination
 Some parts easily catch our attention
and interest while other parts are not
noticed at all.
 Produced by the design or form that
catches our attention while the rest
are subordinated.
 Pattern emphasized usually forms
the center of interest.
 Giving importance to the parts or to
the whole.