Ch 6 Rhythm (ART 1120 Design
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gruendla on April 23, 2012
Subjects:
Principles and Elements of Design
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Lana Gruendell Instructor, Visual Art & Design Dept., Salt Lake Community College
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17 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Legato (Example) |  |
| Staccato (definition) | a musical term for a rhythm that has abrupt changes with dynamic contrast. |
| Staccato (Example) |  Piet Mondrian. Broadway Boogie Woogie. 1942-1943 |
| Legato (Definition) | 1. without breaks between notes 2. connecting and flowing |
| Alternating Rhythm Definition) | A rhythm that consists of successive patterns in which the same elements reappear in a regular order. The motifs alternate consistently with one another to produce regular and anticipated sequence. |
| Alternating Rhythm (Example) |  |
| Progressive Rhythm (Definition) | repetition in which the visual motif changes incrementally |
| Improvisation (Definition) | a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation) |
| Improvisation (Example) |  Wassily Kandinsky "Comp-7" |
| Jackson Pollock Painting |  Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950 |
| Vibrating Colors (Definition) | Colors that create a flickering effect at the border when placed next to each other. |
| Vibrating Colors (Example) |  |
| Progressive Rhythm (Definition) | repetition of a shape that changes in a regular pattern. |
| Kinesthetic Empathy (Definition) | A mental process in which the viewer consciosuly or unconciously recreates or feels an action or motion he or she only observes. |
| Progressive Rhythm (Example) |  |
| Kinesthetic Empathy (Example) |  |
| How do we define rhythm in Visual Art? | 1. Rhythm is a design principle based on repetition. 2. It involves a repetition of elements that are the same or only slightly different. 3. It is related to the movement of the viewer's eye across recurrent motifs. (shapes, lines, texture, etc.) |
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