# data[].attributes.body
Jan Myers creates movement in her quilts through repetition and alternation of colors. Only after looking closely do we see that, like the keys on a piano, every square in the quilt moves up a note in value. Laid over the diagonal "cylinders" of graduated color is a beige grid that appears lighter or darker, depending on the colors behind it. Our eye races across this quilt, up and down and over the rolling cylinders.

# data[].attributes.body
All of the folds and panels of this dancer's costume swirl around the figure in diagonal directions. The alternating patterns and solid colors of the costume add to the sense of movement. Tension is created by the arms swinging to the right while the dancer turns her head to the left.

# data[].attributes.body
Artists repeat shapes, colors, lines, spaces and/or textures to create movement in
a composition. The easiest way to understand rhythm in
a work of art is to look at a three-dimensional sculpture that actually moves in space. Changes in air currents move the repeated shapes in this sculpture to form new compositions.

# data[].attributes.body
Repeated shapes,lines,or colors create movement or center of interest.

# data[].attributes.body
In this painting emphasis is created by the contrast between the small colorful rectangle, the small globes of light, and the larger dark neutral shapes around them.

# data[].attributes.body
Not all artists choose to create a center of interest: In this sculpture all elements receive equal emphasis. The composition retains its visual interest through the satisfying arrangement of shapes and the use of slightly varied neutral colors.

# data[].attributes.body
As a composition is developed an artist may stress some elements of the design over others. The eye of the viewer will focus on the area of emphasis or center of interest first, then take in the rest of the composition. The face in the center of this print demands attention as a result of its placement and scale. The white rays radiating from behind the figure's head strengthen the emphasis.

# data[].attributes.body
The eye of the viewer will focus first on an area of emphasis or center of interest.

# data[].attributes.body
In this painting, represented texture plays an important part in creating asymmetrical balance. The figure of the girl wears a black dress covered by a smooth white smock and a soft white shawl. The texture of the colorful embroideries to the viewer's left balances the smooth surfaces of the young girl's clothing.

# data[].attributes.body
| Balance can be achieved with just color values alone. A small amount of color can offset the visual weight of a large area of neutral values. Similarly, a small area of warm color can balance a large area of cool color.

# data[].attributes.body
There are three different types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical and radial. The human figure in this diagram is symmetrically balanced; the same on the left and right sides of a central axis. The tree is asymmetrically balanced; its branches are not distributed equally on each side but their total weight is balanced left and right. The sun is an example of radial balance; all its rays are equal in length from the center.

# data[].attributes.body
is achieved by the resolution of weight,stress and tension

# data[].attributes.body
Painters and sculptors who work in the Realist style imitate natural surfaces and textures. The actual texture of a painting or sculpture may not be at all the same as the "visual texture" that the artist is imitating.

# data[].attributes.body
Everything, including works of art, has a texture or surface. Texture can be rough, bumpy, slick, scratchy, smooth, silky, soft, prickly, the list is endless. In this section you'll examine the actual texture of works of art, and discover how artists create the illusion of texture with paint, wood, stone and clay. You'll also see how differences in texture can be used to create the illusion of space.

# data[].attributes.body
Everything,including works of art,has a texture or surface.

# data[].attributes.body
Sculptors don't have to create the illusion of space because they work with real, three-dimensional space. In this sculpture, the artist used square three-dimensional frames to enclose real space.

# data[].attributes.body
Linear Perspective is a term used to describe the fact that lines which are parallel in nature seem to converge (come together) in the distance. This diagram illustrates 1-point and 2-point perspective, where lines converge on the horizon at a "vanishing point."

# data[].attributes.body
Artists overlap things to create the illusion of space. As in the real world, those things nearest to us can partially overlap objects that are farther away. |

# data[].attributes.body
Space can be two-dimensional,three dimensional,negative or positive.

# data[].attributes.body
When small dots of pure color are applied close together, the viewer's eyes mix the colors. Notice that each dot of pure color the artist has used looks bright, but when your eye mixes them they are subdued, almost neutral.

# data[].attributes.body
Artists use colors to create a variety of desired effects. When an artist paints a scene or objects realistically, colors are used in imitation of the things being painted.

# data[].attributes.body
Warm and intense colors appear to advance toward the viewer, while cool or dull colors recede. In this painting the yellows used to create the warm glow of lights in the windows contrast with the cool violets used in the background and atmosphere.

# data[].attributes.body
Value refers to the lightness or darkness of a color. Colors mixed with white are called tints. Pink is a tint of red. Colors mixed with black are called shades. Burgundy is a shade of red. Paintings that use only one color and the tints and shades of that color are called monochromatic (one=mono; color=chromatic).

# data[].attributes.body
This color wheel shows the primary colors, secondary colors, and the tertiary colors. It also shows the relationships between complementary colors across from each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange; and analogous (similar or related) colors next to each other on the color wheel such as yellow, green and blue. Black and white may be thought of as colors but, in fact, they are not. White light is the presence of all color - black is the absence of reflected light and therefore the absence of color.

# data[].attributes.body
All colors are mixed from three primaries:red,blue and yellow.

# data[].attributes.body
Positive shapes occupy positive space. The area around positive shapes, the background, is negative space. A solid piece of sculpture occupies space, and makes the space around it come to life. In fact, sculptors think of the entire composition, the interplay between solid and space, when they create a work of art. In this diagram, the negative shapes are as clear and distinct as the positive shapes.

# data[].attributes.body
In this sculpture the artist used found shapes with straight and curved edges. The relationship of the shapes to one another is emphasized by the neutral color of the sculpture and the play of shadows and light.

# data[].attributes.body
Geometric shapes such as circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals.

# data[].attributes.body
wherever the ends of a continuous line meet,a shape is formed.

# data[].attributes.body
circles, triangles or squares have perfect, uniform measurements and don't often appear in nature. Organic shapes are associated with things from the natural world, like plants and animals. The circles and squares that make up this sculpture are geometric shapes

# data[].attributes.body
an underlying structure that organizes surfaces or structures in a consistent, regular manner. Pattern can be described as a repeating unit of shape or form, but it can also be thought of as the "skeleton" that organizes the parts of a composition

# data[].attributes.body
refers to the path that the viewer's eye takes as it follows shapes, colors, and forms along any given path. Straight or classic lines provide stability and structure to a composition and can be vertical, horizontal, or diagonal on a work's surface

# data[].attributes.body
The edges, or contour lines, of the buildings in this painting describe where one building leaves off and another building starts.

# data[].attributes.body
A line can be where a drawing starts, or lines can tie everything together in a work of art.