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1 Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Copyright © 2011 Thames & Hudson

2 PART 1 PRINCIPLES Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Introduction  Unity refers to imposing order and harmony on a design.  Diversity is a type of visual diversity that brings together many different ideas, media and elements in a composition.  Balance refers to the distribution of elements, uniform or diverse, within a work

3 PART 1 BASICS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Unity  Brings cohesion to an artwork and helps to communicate its visual idea.  Artists are concerned with three types of unity: composition, concept and shape (the complete order and indivisible unity of all aspects of creating a work of art).

4 PART 1 BASICS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Compositional Unity  An artist creates compositional unity by incorporating all visual aspects of a work  Too much similarity in shape, color, line or any element or principle of the art can be monotonous and make us lose interest  Too much variety can lead to a lack of structure and a lack of a central idea

5 Click on the image above to start the video. PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts, Debra J DeWitte, Ralph M Larmann, M Kathryn Shields Thomas Cole: The Oxbow

6 PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity, and Balance Approaches to Art: Understanding the Fine Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Compositional Unit 1.110 Three compositional unit diagrams

7 1111 Slide 1: Katsushika Hokusai, 'The Great Wave off the Shore at Kanagawa', from 'Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji', 1826–33 (printed later). Color woodcut, print. Library of Congress, Washington, DC

8 1111 Slide 2: Diagrams with Katsushika Hokusai, "The Great Wave off Shore at Kanagawa", from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, 1826-33 (printed later). Color woodcut, print. Library of Congress, Washington, DC

9 1112 Interior Design, I. Michael Interior Design, Bethesda, Maryland

10 1113 Linear Evaluation of Elements in Interior Design, I. Michael Interior Design, Bethesda, Maryland

11 1114 Marie Marevna (Marie Vorobieff-Stebelska), Still Life with Bottle, 1917. Oil on canvas with plaster, 50 x 24”

12 1115 Piero della Francesca, The Flagellation, c. 1469. Oil and temper on board, 23 x 32”. National Gallery of the Marches, Urbino, Italy

13 1116 Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964. Cut and pasted printed paper, gouache, pencil and crayon on panel, 13⅜ x 18¾”. MOMA, New York

14 PART 1 PRINCIPLES Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Conceptual unit  Conceptual unit refers to the coherent expression of ideas within a work of art  The expression of ideas may not seem organized, but an artist can still communicate them effectively by choosing images that evoke a single idea.  Artists bring their own intentions, experiences and reactions to their work. These ideas, conscious and unconscious, can also contribute to the conceptual unity of a work.

fifteen 1117 Joseph Cornell, untitled (The Hotel Eden), 1945. Assembled music box, 15⅛ x 15⅛ x 4¾”. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

sixteen PART 1 BASICS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Gestalt Unity  Gestalt is a German word for form  Refers to something in the that the whole appears greater than the sum of its parts  We gain a sense of shape when we understand how compositional unity and conceptual unity work together

17 1118 Vishnu Dreams of the Universe, c. AD 450–500 Relief panel. Vishnu Temple, Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

18 PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity, and Balance Gateways to Art: Understanding the Fine Arts, Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Vishnu Dreaming the Universe  The repetition of human forms serving Vishnu creates unity  The dualities of male/female, life/death, good/evil are portrayed in the complex stories of the artist gods who created the work, they are all intertwined

19 PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Diversity  Diversity is a collection of ideas, elements or materials that are fused together to a design  Diversity is about uniqueness and diversity  Artists use a variety of values, textures, colors, etc. to intensify the impact of a work  Diversity can enliven a design  Diversity is the artist's way of giving a punch to an artwork 1.119 Variety of forms and values ​​arranged in a grid

20 1120 Robert Rauschenberg, monogram, 1955–9. Mixed media with stuffed goat, rubber tire and tennis ball, 42 x 63¼ x 64½”. Modern Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

21 PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte, Ralph M Larmann, M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Using Diversity to Unify  Even though a variety of shapes, colors and values ​​or other elements, an artist can create visual harmony

22 1.121 Album quilt, probably by Mary Evans, Baltimore, Maryland, 1848. Inked cotton, 9 x 9'. private collection

23 PART 1 PRINCIPLES Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte, Ralph M Larmann, M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Balance  Just as real objects have physical weight, parts of a work of art become art have visual weight or impact  If the degree of visual weight is not adequately balanced on the opposite side, the work may appear unsuccessful or unfinished  When there are appropriate visual balances, the work appears complete and the balance achieved has been achieved

24 PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Symmetrical Balance  When a work can be bisected and each side is visible exactly (or almost exactly) the same, i.e. symmetrically balanced

25 1122 Ritual vase from Gui, China, Shang dynasty, 1600-1100 BC. C. Bronze, 6¼ x 10¾”. Hong Kong University Museum

26 PART 1 BASICS Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Asymmetric Balance  When artists arrange a composition, they often use different visual "weights" . ” . on both sides of it  This applies when the elements on the left and right side are not the same, but the combination of the elements opposes each other

27 1123 Muqi, six persimmons, Southern Song dynasty, c. 1250. Ryoko-in, Dailoxu-ji, Kyoto, Japan

28 PART 1 PRINCIPLES Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Radial Equilibrium  Radial Equilibrium (or symmetry) is achieved when all the elements in one are equidistant from a center and repeat symmetrically from side to side and top to bottom  May include circular and repeating elements  Sometimes used in religious symbols and in architecture where repetition plays an important role in design

29 1124 Andrea Palladio, part of the elevation/section and plan of the Villa Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy, begun 1565/66. From the Quattro Libri, Book II

30 Amitaya's 1125 mandala created by monks at Drepung Loseling Monastery, Tibet

31 PART 1 PRINCIPLES Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts Debra J DeWitte Ralph M Larmann M Kathryn Shields Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance Conclusion  Unity, diversity and balance are key principles artists use to convey elements create visual impact  Unity gives the work a certain uniqueness or cohesion  Variety is expressed in contrast and difference  Created through the use of different types of lines, shapes, patterns, colors or textures  Balance is imposed on a work when the artist creates a adequate combination achieved by unity and diversity

32 PART 1 BASICS PowerPoints Developed by CreativeMyndz Multimedia Studios Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity, and Balance This ends the PowerPoint slide deck for Chapter 1.6 Doors to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts by Debra J. DeWitte, Ralph M. Larmann, M. Kathryn Shields Copyright © 2011 Thames and Hudson

33 PART 1 BASICS PowerPoints Developed by CreativeMyndz Multimedia Studios Chapter 1.6 Unity, Diversity and Balance 1.110 Ralph Larmann 1.111 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Prints and Photographs Division, H. Irving Olds Collection, LC-DIG-jpd-02018 1.112 I. Michael Interior Design 1.113 Ralph Larmann 1.114 Courtesy of Galerie Berès, Paris. © ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2011 1115 Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino 1116 Museum of Modern Art, New York, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Acc. In the. 377.1971. Photo 2011, Museum of Modern Art, New York/Scala, Florence. © Romare Bearden Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2011 1,117 © The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation/DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2011 1,118 Photo John Freeman 1,119 Ralph Larmann 1,120 © Estate of Robert Rauschenberg. DACS, London/VAGA, New York 2011 1,121 Private Collection 1,122 University of Hong Kong Museum 1,123 Photography Shimizu Kohgeisha Co., Ltd. Permission Ryoko-in Management 1124 pl. XIII, Book II by Wade, I. (Ed.) Palladio: Four Books of Architecture, 1738 1.125 Courtesy of Drepung Loseling Monastery, Inc. Chapter 1.6 Photo credit