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Thedistributionofinterestorvisualweightinawork.Ifallthevisually
interestingelementsofaworkarecenteredinonespot,theworkisoffbalance Grades

andtheviewer'sgazewillbestuckinoneplace,ignoringtherestofthepiece.A Gallery&Museum
balancedpieceofworkwillhaveartelementsarrangedsuchthatdifferentareas Visit
drawtheviewer'seyearoundorthroughthewholepiece.Sometypesofbalance Ceramics

aresymmetric,asymmetric,andradial. Photography

Theconceptofvisualbalanceisoftenillustratedusingaseesaw.Likeaseesaw, Resources

whentwoelementsofanartworkhavethesamevisualweightandareon Community
oppositesidesofthecenter,equallydistantfromit,theybalance.Likewise,a OfNote
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smallerelementcanbalanceoutalargeroneifthesmalleroneisfartherfrom ArtElements&
thecenterandthelargeronenearer.Intwodimensionalart,thecenterofthe DesignPrinciples
workservesasthefulcrum(thevisualcenter).Inthreedimensionalart,visual Art
CeramicArtists
balanceandthephysicalbalanceofmassbothcomeintoplay,andthebalance ArtLinks
ofonedoesnotassurethebalanceoftheother. Photographers
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SymmetricorFormalBalance Traditions and
Symmetryisthewayinwhichonepartofsomethingduplicatesanotherpartit Principlesof
isatypeorclassofpattern.Therearedifferenttypesofsymmetry,butwhen Design/Organization
talkingaboutsymmetricbalance,whatisusuallymeantisbilateralsymmetry, Line
whereonesideorhalfofsomethingisthemirrorimageoftheotherhalf. Shape
Symmetricbalanceisalsocalledformalbalance,asittendstoleadtostable, Form
orderlydesignsthatarelessdynamicthanasymmetricworks. LatestReads
Space

Nearsymmetry,wheretwohalvesarenotexactlythesamebutstillbalance,is Color
avarietyofsymmetrycommonlyusedinartandseeninnature.Inart,small Value
differencesbetweenthetwohalvesofsomethingcanbeusedtocreatemore Texture
visualinterestandlivelinessandtolessenrigidity.Largerdifferenceswillcreate Balance
asymmetry,whichmayormaynotbalance.
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Harmony
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Movement
Proportion
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Repetition,
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Thisisatypeofbalancecreatedbyunlikethings.Onelargeshapemightbe
balancedbyseveralsmalleronesoronesmalleronefartherfromcenterone
largecommonshapemightbebalancedbyasmallirregularoneadominant
elementofdullcolorcanbebalancedbyapatchofsomethingbrightasmallarea
withlotsoftextureordetailmightbalancealargersmootherorlessvariedarea
etc.

AlexanderCalderFourBoomerangs,1954,sheetmetal,wireandpaint,39x63
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JosephMallordWilliamTurnerStaffa,Fingal'sCave,1832,oiloncanvas,90.9x
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MeganPulsReserve2,2011,mixedclaysandporcelain

RadialBalance
Aswithrotationalorradialsymmetry,balanceiscreatedbydistributingparts
evenlyinaradialmanneraroundthecenterpoint.

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