The art principle “Variety” can clearly be seen in the painting “Cityscape No. 1" by Richard Diebenkorn. Variety is the art principle in which an artist uses many colors, shapes, texture, lines in a painting to create a complex piece of art. In the painting “Cityscape No. 1” the artist used different hues, shapes, and lines in his work of art to create a unique painting that depicts an unknown city. The different palette hues, which are shades of green, gray, blue, pink, and brown, bring energy to the canvas and makes the painting look more realistic and appear like a photograph. The use of the bright color palette and the arrangement in which these colors were placed highlight the streets and the buildings of the city, adding a value of lightness
