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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
Leonardo Da VinciThe Last Supper
Fresco 1495-1498
A wall of the Refectory, Santa Mariadelle Grazie, Milan, Italy
Balance symmetrical
Angkor WatCentral Temple Complex c. 1113 - 1150 CE
Cambodia
Balance symmetrical
Balance Asymmetrical
Joan MiróThe Birth of the World 1925
Oil on canvas
MarisolThe Family
Painted wood & other materials in 3 sections 1962
Balance Asymmetrical
Mark RothkoBlue, Orange, Red
Oil on canvas 1961
Balance Asymmetrical
Rhythm
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Churning of the Ocean of MilkCarved stone Angkor Wat, Cambodic 1113 - 1150 CE
Rythm
Magdalena AbakanowiczBacks 1976-1982
Burlap and glue 80 pieces
Rhythm
Islamic Mosque in Cordoba, Spain
Rhythm
Proportion and Scale
Michelangelo Buonarroti
David , 150413’ high
Proportion
Venus of WillendorfStone 25,000 BCE
Leonardo Da VinciProportions of the Human Figure
(‘Vetruvius Man’)
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Scale Subverted
René MagrittePersonal Values 1952
Oil on canvas 31 5/8” x 39 1/2”
Jan Van EyckMadonna in the Church c.1437
Oil on Panel
Scale Hierarchical
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen & Frank Gehry The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building
Venisce, CA 1985 - 91
Proportion and Scale
Claes OldenburgBat c.1977Chicago, IL
Proportion and Scale
Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van BruggenDropped Bowl with Scattered Slices and Peels 1990
Steel, reinforced concrete, fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyurethane enamel; stainless steelSeventeen parts 16 ft. 9 in. x 91 ft. x 105 ft.
Metro Dade Open Space Park, Miami
Proportion and Scale
Root 5 Rectangle
(based on the Golden Mean
Length = √ 5 x height )
A B C
Proportion
Classical Greek design principle
The Golden Mean
The Golden Rectangle
Proportion
MichelangeloThje Fall of Man and the Expulsion from
the Garden of Eden 1508-1512Fresco on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
Based on the root 5 rectangle
Robert SmithsonSpiral Jetty
Great Salt Lake, UT 1970
Nautilus
Golden Rectangle Spiral
Proportion
Classical Greek principle
Emphasis
Emphasis [ and Focal Point ]
Richard Hamilton
Richard HamiltonMy Marilyn 1966
Silkscreen
Jasper JohnsBetween the Clock and the Bed 1981
Encaustic on canvas 6’ x 10 1/2’
Emphasis [ and Focal Point ]
* Emphasis and Focal Point - Radial
Chuck CloseLucas II 1987
Oil on canvas
Unity and Variety
Thomas Hart BentonPalisades 1919-1924
Oil
Unity
Marcel Duchamp
Nude Descending a Staircase Oil on canvas 1912
Unity and Variety
Exercise 3
Edward HopperNighthawks 1942
Oil on canvas30” x 60”
Claude MonetHaystack at Sunset Near Giverny 1891
Oil on canvas28” x 36”
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Part 3 / Architecture