Art: Balance (Ch 5)

Front 1

___ weight: apparent heaviness or lightness of the ___ arranged in a composition, gauged by how ____ they draw our eyes

Back 1

Visual, forms, insistently

Front 2

___ balance has implied center of gravity called __ axis, an imaginary line drawn down ___ of composition (usually not ___, but close on both sides)

Back 2

symmetrical, vertical, center, exact

Front 3

___ balance has two sides that don’t match but balance

Back 3

asymmetrical

Front 4

___ balance is often used to express order, harmony, and __ whether earthly and social or cosmic and spiritual

Back 4

symmetrical, authority

Front 5

We perceive relationships, they are not ___

Back 5

absolute

Front 6

Large form visually ___ than smaller, dark-value heavier than ___ of same size, texture heavier than ___

Back 6

heavier, light, smooth,

Front 7

Two or more objects can balance a ___ one, a smaller ___ object can balance larger ___ object

Back 7

larger, dark, light

Front 8

___ helps communicate mood or meaning

Back 8

Balance