Assignment: Art Gallery: Principles of Design
For Unit IV of your art gallery presentation, you will be adding descriptions of the principles of design you observe in the artworks you placed in your art gallery. The purpose of this unit assignment is to demonstrate that you can apply what you learned about design principles to your gallery artworks.
• Begin by reviewing your Unit III feedback and making any necessary revisions to the descriptions of the visual elements.
• Next, research the design elements in Chapter 4 of your textbook.
• Place the Design Principles slide directly after the Visual Elements slide describing each artwork.
• Provide a detailed description of the design principles in each artwork, using full and complete sentences. For design principles, make sure you describe how the artist used most or all of the ones in Chapter 4: unity and variety, balance, emphasis, directional forces, contrast, repetition and rhythm, and scale and proportion. Questions to consider are included below:
o Variety: What creates diversity?
o Balance: Is it symmetrical or asymmetrical?
o Emphasis: What is the focal point?
o Directional forces: What are the paths for the eye to follow?
o Contrast: Where do you see contrasting elements in the artwork?
o Repetition and rhythm: Is an element repeated?
o Scale and proportion: Are the objects in proportion to each other?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.