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| Balance | The way an artwork is arranged to make different parts seem equally important. |
| Emphasis | Importance given to certain objects or areas in an artwork. |
| Proportion | The relation of the parts of an artwork to each other and to the whole. |
| Pattern | Repeated colors, lines, shapes, forms or textures in an artwork. |
| Rhythm | The repetition of elements such as lines, shapes, or colors that creates a feeling of visual motion in an artwork. |
| Unity | The quality of seeming whole and complete, with all parts looking right together. |
| Variety | The combination of elements of art, such as line, shape or color to provide interest in an artwork. |
| Symmetrical Balance | formal |
| Asymmetrical Balance | informal |
| Radial Balance | lines or shapes spread out from a center point. |
| Monumental artwork | Artworks that are of larger then life proportion. |
| Minature artwork | Artworks that are smaller then life proportions. |
| Regular Rhythm | repeating the same element such as shape, without variation. |
| Alternating Rhythm | repeating two or more elements on a regular, interchanging basis, such as triangle-circle, triangle-circle, triangle-circle. |
| Progressive Rhythm | Rhythm created in an artwork by showing regular changes in a repeated element, such as a series of circles that progressively increase in size from small to large. |
| Dominance | The way an artwork shows emphasis in which one lement or object in the composition being the strongest or most important part of the work. |
| Contrast | creating emphasis in an artwork by using intensity, the brightness or dullness of a hue. |
| Focal Point | A way to show emphasis in an artowrk in which an artist sets an element apart from the others to set up a center of interest. |
