Unifying Principles of Design

Repetition

Andy Warhol. Marilyn Monroe

Frans Hals. The Women Regents of the Old Men’s Home at Haarlem. 1664

Philip Pearlstein. Mirror

George Seurat. Side Show (La Parade). 1887-1888. Oil on canvas

Variety

Sordaria fimicola.

Yin and yang, symbol of the unity of opposites.

Rhythm

Chambered nautilus.

The equal spacing between it parts set up the staccato rhythm of a picket fence.

photograph of picket fence

Margaret Bourke-White. (1904-1971) Fort Peck Dam, Montana 1936

Margaret Bourke-White.

Mu-Ch’I. Six Persimmons. C. 1270. Sumie on Chinese paper

Al Held.

Al Held.

Al Held.

Balance

Jan van Eyck. The Virgin wit the Canon van der Paele. 1436. Oil on panel.

Sanchez Cotan. Still Life. C. 1602-1605

Vertical balance: true center.

Vertical balance: optical/emotional center.

Ellsworth Kelly. Apples. 1949. Pencil

Sesshu. Haboku Landscape.

Sesshu.

Sesshu.

Emphasis

Emphasis achieved by contrast.

Giotto. Madonna Enthroned. C, 1310 Tempera on wood.

Rembrandt van Rijn. Christ Healing the Sick. C. 1649 Etching

Economy

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. December 5,1945 - January 17, 1946 Five of eleven progressive States of he same lithograph.

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. December 5, 1945

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. December 18, 1945

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. December 24, 1945

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. December 28, 1945

Pablo Picasso. The Bull. January 17, 1946

Controlling the Viewer’s Response

Christo. Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. 1972-1976. Installed for two weeks in 1976. 24 miles long.

Christo. Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. 1972-1976. Installed for two weeks in 1976. 24 miles long.

Christo. Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. 1972-1976. Installed for two weeks in 1976. 24 miles long.

Christo. Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California. 1972-1976. Installed for two weeks in 1976. 24 miles long.

Vincent van Gogh. Starry Night. 1889

Edgar Degas. Dancer with Bouquet. C. 1878. Pastel, wash, black chalk over monotype on paper.

Claude Monet. Water Lilies. C. 1929 oil on canvas: triptych. Each section 6’6”X14’

Claude Monet. Water Lilies. C. 1929 oil on canvas: triptych. Each section 6’6”X14’

Pablo Picasso. Guernica. 1937 oil on canvas 11’ 5 1/2” X 25’ 5 3/4”