Week of March 25- Design Elements & Principles

 
Scale is often refers to the size of an object oppose to another object. In art the size between an object and a human body is important. The scale of an artwork is to compare the its size to the size of our own body. This sculpture expresses human scale at another level. In this sculpture scale represents by the largest object. This is a great example of scale because  the sculpture shows a young boy's body being really big compare to the people besides him.

Asymmetrical balance is a form of symmetry in which two sides of a picture are different but also visually balanced. An asymmetrical painting are visually equal without it being identical. For example object in a photos are placed so that the viewers's sense of balance come into play. In other words in asymmetrical balance the elements are arranged so that people can get a sense of balance.

Many artist have different ways of unifying their work. Unity is the appearance or condition of oneness. In design unity describes the feeling that all the elements in a work belong together. In other words, the images work together to create meaning.Unity helps all the elements function together. This is a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. This painting gives us a sense of unity by the way the shapes are swirling pattern and the colors. By combining dark color with bright yellow, tell the viewer this is a painting of the moon at night.