The document discusses key principles of art including balance, emphasis, movement, proportion, rhythm, and unity. Balance can be formal, informal, or radial. Emphasis draws the eye to a particular area. Movement suggests motion or flow. Proportion relates parts of an object. Rhythm has a recurring flow like music. Unity makes all elements of a work fit together. Examples are given of artists who exemplify each principle.

2. Kurt Schwitters Variety Variety occurs when an artist creates something that looks different from the rest of the artwork. An artist may use variety to make you look at a certain part or make the artwork more interesting.

3. Joseph Cornell

4. James Rosenquist

5. Robert Rauschenberg

6. Jacob Lawrence Unity Unity is the feeling that everything in the work of art works together and looks like it fits.

7. Egyptian Hieroglyphics

8. Paul Klee

9. Louise Nevelson

10. Georgia O’Keeffe Balance Formal Balance usually is achieved by the artist placing objects in the work in a symmetrical or equal-sided arrangement. Informal Balance is created when an asymmetrical layout is used. Radial Balance occurs within a circle design.

11. Frida Kahlo

12. Mark Rothko

13. James Whistler

14. Rose Window at Notre Dame

15. Andrew Wyeth emphasis Emphasis is when the artist manipulates the Elements of Art so that your eye is drawn to a particular area.

16. FrancescoGoya

17. Commemorative Bronze, Kingdom of Benin

18. Hokusai

19. Tom Otterness Proportion Proportion refers to one piece of an object in relation to the rest of the object.

20. Claes Oldenburg

21. Fernando Botero

22. Amedeo Modigliani

23. George Bellows Movement Directional Movement is a visual flow through the composition. It can be the suggestion of motion in a design as you move from object to object by way of placement and position.

24. Edvard Munch

25. Antoni Gaudí

26. Vincent Van Gogh

27. Piet Mondrian Rhythm Rhythm is movement in which some elements recur regularly. Like a dance it will have a flow of objects that will seem to be like the beat of music. Repetition .

28. Andy Goldsworthy

29. Cy Twombly

30. Jasper Johns

31. You guess…

32. Formal Balance

33. Proportion or Formal Balance if viewed from the front

34. Emphasis

35. Rhythm, Pattern, or Emphasis

36. Unity and Movement

37. Emphasis

38. Rhythm or Movement

39. Emphasis or Proportion

40. Formal Balance

41. Unity or Rhythm

42. Proportion or Unity

43. Visual Movement or Unity