Answer the following questions in the provided text box. You
must meet minimum word count to receive credit.
1. List the principles of design discussed in class. NOT from the
textbook. There are 9:
Balance: Is the achievement of equilibrium, in which acting
influences are held in check by opposing forces. Balance may be
achieved through either symmetry or asymmetry.
Emphasis: It means that our attention is drawn more to certain
parts of the composition than to others.
Proportion: It refers to size relationships between parts of a whole.
Repetition: When the same or like elements are repeated many
times. It is provided by the curve of the painting, the faces,
and various body parts.
Rhythm: The result of the elements being repeated. It is achieved
through different sizes.
Scale: It means a size in relation to a standard or “normal” size.
Subordination: Areas of lesser interest created by the artist.
Unity: Is the sense of oneness. Is achieved through thin lines and
rough texture.
Variety: We talk about unity and variety together because they
usually coexist in a work. This union keeps our visual interest. It
through the different components that make up the work.
2. Locate Damien Hirst's work in Ch 4. What is the title? What is
the medium? Using your words write about the art work's
purpose, function, form and content in a 150-word essay:
Damien Hirst’s work called Posterity – The Holy Place it’s formed it
entirely out of butterfly wings (sourced from a farmer who raises
them), and it is symmetrical at every level: Each butterfly, each unit
of the composition, and the work as a whole. It resembles a stained-
must meet minimum word count to receive credit.
1. List the principles of design discussed in class. NOT from the
textbook. There are 9:
Balance: Is the achievement of equilibrium, in which acting
influences are held in check by opposing forces. Balance may be
achieved through either symmetry or asymmetry.
Emphasis: It means that our attention is drawn more to certain
parts of the composition than to others.
Proportion: It refers to size relationships between parts of a whole.
Repetition: When the same or like elements are repeated many
times. It is provided by the curve of the painting, the faces,
and various body parts.
Rhythm: The result of the elements being repeated. It is achieved
through different sizes.
Scale: It means a size in relation to a standard or “normal” size.
Subordination: Areas of lesser interest created by the artist.
Unity: Is the sense of oneness. Is achieved through thin lines and
rough texture.
Variety: We talk about unity and variety together because they
usually coexist in a work. This union keeps our visual interest. It
through the different components that make up the work.
2. Locate Damien Hirst's work in Ch 4. What is the title? What is
the medium? Using your words write about the art work's
purpose, function, form and content in a 150-word essay:
Damien Hirst’s work called Posterity – The Holy Place it’s formed it
entirely out of butterfly wings (sourced from a farmer who raises
them), and it is symmetrical at every level: Each butterfly, each unit
of the composition, and the work as a whole. It resembles a stained-
