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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Notes from Organizing Principles reading assignment.

3 essential components of art: subject, form, content (no one can exist without others)

Form - the total arrangement of the composition and to the very act of organizing and composing it.

7 principles of organization --> success = visual unity
organizing process = composition = design
harmony - a pleasing relationship between different sections of a composition (elements have characteristics in common, cohesion)

repetition - can lead eye (rhythm - continuance/flow/sense of movement resulting from repeated beats. can have accents and intervals)

pattern - arrangement of elements (motif - pattern repeated numerous times. all-over pattern is a motif repeated/ "big picture") 
closure
shared edges
overlapping
transparency
interpenetration
extensions (line, implied or subjective)
 
variety (counterweight to harmony) - imparts individuality
contrast - dissimilarity, more dominant/emphasized
elaboration

balance
gravity
moments of force (points of interest)
symmetry (formal balance)
 approximate symmetry 
 radial balance
asymmetry (informal/occult balance)

proportion - ratio of individual parts to one another or to the whole
scale - size
- "golden mean/golden section" - (greek) ideal standard for proportion and balance in life and art
- (euclid - golden mean = "moderation of all things")
- ratio = .618
hierarchical (larger = more important)

dominance 
contrast
isolation
placement
direction
scale or proportion
character

movement

economy - composing with efficiency
- sometimes associated with abstraction

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space
three dimensional/plastic - condensed into the picture plane
decorative space - 2 dimensional interpretation,
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORM AND THE PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION

more views = more complex
tectonic - closed, massive, and simple
atectionic - open, to a large degree

methods pretty much same as 2d

low relief - shallow surface depth, more similar to 2d
high relief - same problems as sculpture in the round

kinetic sculpture - work itself moves
Alexander Calder - father of mobile sculptures, used motors.

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