Assignment #2 Design Elements and Principles

The artists unifies their art work by cohesion, by creating patterns, repetition and balance through the use of color, scales, lines and shapes. This painting irises by Vincent van gogh, is a perfect example of unify by color, the blue and green color creates the pattern and repetition through out the painting.

Color contrast, cold and dark on the left side is contrasting with warm and bright color on the right side. The dark color of the cliff on the bottom left side is balanced by the dark cloud on the top left side. The warm color of the plain on the bottom side is balanced by the clear bright sky on the top right side. The diagonal edge of the cliff is corresponding to the diagonal line and edge formed by the dark clouds on the top left side. The contrast to the diagonal Sharpe clear outlines formed by the cliff’s dark clouds, the plain and clear sky on the right forms curvy edges. The dense and compressed feeling shown through the left side of the painting is balanced by the vastness and clearness of the landscape on the right, it is asymmetrical balanced.

Size variation creates depth in perspective, object far away appears smaller than object that is visually closer in horizon proportion, bigger size character means more importance and power than that of the smaller size characters, and it is also more attention gathering. this picture of the world's largest gavel, in Columbus, Ohio. the sculpture is placed adjacent to a judiciary building, "evildoers beware this giant hammer of justice!". This sculpture gives viewer a idea of how powerful justice is.