principles of design
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Some. PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN. REPETITION VARIATION CONTRAST BALANCE – symmetry/asymmetry EMPHASIS - accent ECONOMY PROPORTION SCALE. BALANCE. BALANCE. asymmetry. symmetry. E Q U I L I B R I U M. Leonardo da Vinci, Proportions of the Human Figure (“Vitruvian Man”). TEXTBOOK - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
REPETITION VARIATIONCONTRASTBALANCE – symmetry/asymmetryEMPHASIS - accentECONOMY PROPORTION SCALE
Some
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BALANCE
symmetry
E Q U I L I B R I U M
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Leonardo da Vinci, Proportions of the Human Figure (“Vitruvian Man”)
TEXTBOOK p. 192
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Shiva, bronze temple sculpture, Chola Era (9th-13th C.), South India
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Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939
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Alfred Sisley, The Chemin de By through Woods at Roches-Courtaut, St. Martin's Summer, 1880
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Assymetical balance?
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Assymetical balance?
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DurerDancing Peasants1514
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EMPHASIS
accent
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David Hockney, Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1971
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ECONOMYlimitation of a composition to a few essential elements; usually a voluntary constraint that is part of the creative process
SPECIFIC TO AN INDIVIDUAL WORK, NOT THE GENRE , TYPE OR MEDIUM
Examples in music: deriving everything from a single theme (musical idea), limiting the number of pitches, type of instrument, etc.
Steve Reich, Music for Pieces of Wood, Clapping Music, or other pieces
DC Meckler, Bliss (1999)
Morton Feldman, Three Voices (1982)
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Picasso, Femme
ECONOMY – very little suggests a lot
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Picasso, Guernica, 1937 p. 410
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PROPORTION
PROPORTION
PROPORTION
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Leonardo: The Last Supper, 1498
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Diego Rivera, The Flower Carrier, 1935, 48x48
in.
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Joseph Mallord William TurnerBritish, 1775–1851. Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840
Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 48 1/4 in.
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Joseph Mallord William TurnerBritish, 1775–1851. Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840
Oil on canvas, 35 3/4 x 48 1/4 in.
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Shahn, Ben, Vacant Lot, 1939Watercolor and gouache on paper mounted on plywood panel, 19 x 23 in
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Proportion in musicA matter of time, usually lots of time.
Example: 3 Beethoven string quartets (Op 59, 1, 2 & 3). Each in 4 movements.
No. 1 – BIG 1st mvt
No. 2 – nervous 1st mvt, BIG 2nd mvt
No. 3 – BIG finale (4th mvt)
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SCALE
SCALE - the size of a work compared to the environment: miniature, human, monumental. The term can also apply to musical works, although it has an entirely different meaning than “musical scale.” (“A symphony is a large-scale musical work when compared to a song.”)
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Claes Oldenburg, Knife Ship I, 1985
Vinyl-covered wood, steel, and aluminum with motors, dimensions variable, maximum height 31 feet 8 inches x 40 feet 5 inches x 31 feet 6 inches.
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Miniature
Leaf from Futuh al-Haramain (Description of the Two Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina), mid-16th century; Ottoman, 8x5 in.
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a bit bigger . . .
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Some examples of time scales in music
Less than a minute - Miniatures – Chopin, Webern, Schoenberg
Pop songs – 3-6 minutes
Early symphonies – 25-35 minutes
Later symphonies – 45 min - 1 hr
Longest – Mahler – 1 ½ hrs
Short opera – 2 hours
Average opera – 3-4 hours (including intermissions)
Long opera – 5 hours
Longest traditional opera – Wagner’s RING – 18 hours
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Robert Motherwell, Elegy for the Spanish Revolution No. 34, 1953-54
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Georgia O’Keefe on scale & flowers:
Nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small—we haven’t time—and to see it takes time, like to have a friend takes time. . . . So I said to myself—I’ll paint what I see—what the flower is to me—but I’ll paint it big. . . . I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.
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Geogia O'KeeffeAmerican, 1887–1986, White Rose with Larkspur, No. 2, 1927, Oil on canvas;
40 x 30 in.