{"id":4271,"date":"2020-03-23T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:42:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:42:36","slug":"balance-in-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/balance-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Balance in Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-very-dark-gray-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color\">There are 7 Principles of Design. The most important is <strong><em>BALANCE<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1278\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-2000x1278.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-2000x1278.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-1536x982.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-560x358.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-260x166.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Seeds-of-the-Archaic-No-4-160x102.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Seeds of the Archaic No. 4&#8221; by Mr. Bazzi, painted in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"background-color:#aa7201;color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-text-color has-background\"><strong><em>BALANCE<\/em><\/strong> in art is when the elements of art (line, shape, color, value, space, form, texture) are equally distributed in the artwork. When the composition of an artwork is organized in such a way that different sides or areas have something to balance out the other sides, then we have good balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#aa7201\">There are <em>THREE<\/em> kinds of Balance:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. SYMMETRICAL BALANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The word  <em><strong>SYMMETRICAL<\/strong><\/em> means <strong><em>two opposite sides<\/em><\/strong> are the <strong><em>same<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>identical<\/em><\/strong> or <strong><em>almost identical<\/em><\/strong>, such as the right &amp; left sides, the top and bottom, the upper right and bottom left, etc.  When we make two sides the same, this creates <strong><em>SYMMETRY<\/em><\/strong>, and symmetry automatically gives us Balance. <em><strong>SYMMETRICAL BALANCE <\/strong><\/em>is easy to achieve. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Examples of SYMMETRICAL BALANCE:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1802\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498.jpg 1802w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-100x55.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-1536x852.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-560x311.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-260x144.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Last_Supper_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Leonardo-da-Vinci1498-160x89.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1802px) 100vw, 1802px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;The Last Supper&#8221; by Leonardo Da Vinci, painted in 1498<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/10\/taj-mahal.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/10\/taj-mahal.jpg 701w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/10\/taj-mahal-300x331.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/10\/taj-mahal-200x221.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Taj Mahal&#8221; in India, designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahauri, completed in 1643<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1357\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Cows-Skull-Red-White-and-Blue-by-Georgia-OKeeffe-1931.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Cows-Skull-Red-White-and-Blue-by-Georgia-OKeeffe-1931.jpg 1357w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Cows-Skull-Red-White-and-Blue-by-Georgia-OKeeffe-1931-90x100.jpg 90w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Cows-Skull-Red-White-and-Blue-by-Georgia-OKeeffe-1931-300x332.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1357px) 100vw, 1357px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Cow&#8217;s Skull: Red, White, and Blue&#8221; by Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe, painted in 1931<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The word <em><strong>ASYMMETRICAL<\/strong><\/em> means <strong><em>non-symmetrical<\/em><\/strong>. You can have Balance <strong><em>without <\/em><\/strong>Symmetry. In fact, it is more interesting to try to achieve Balance without Symmetry. Symmetry is easy and predictable. Asymmetry is more challenging. Balance <strong><em>does not mean<\/em><\/strong> making different sides <strong><em>identical<\/em><\/strong>. (Symmetry means making different sides identical). It is more interesting to try to achieve Balance by having <strong><em>different<\/em><\/strong> things balancing each other, even if they are different in <strong><em>size<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>shape<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>placement<\/em><\/strong>, <em><strong>amount<\/strong><\/em>, <strong><em>direction<\/em><\/strong>, etc.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Examples of ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2017\/05\/111-2000x1125.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2017\/05\/111-2000x1125.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2017\/05\/111-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2017\/05\/111-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;The Persistence of Memory&#8221; by artist Salvador Dal\u00ed, painted in 1931<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1041\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Upper-Deck-Charles-Sheeler-1965.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Upper-Deck-Charles-Sheeler-1965.jpg 791w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Upper-Deck-Charles-Sheeler-1965-76x100.jpg 76w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2018\/03\/Upper-Deck-Charles-Sheeler-1965-300x395.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Upper Deck&#8221; by Charles Sheeler, painted in 1929<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/09\/sefpotrait-grace-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/09\/sefpotrait-grace-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/09\/sefpotrait-grace-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/09\/sefpotrait-grace-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2013\/09\/sefpotrait-grace.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Self Portrait&#8221; by Grace Schwartz, created in 2010 in Mr. Bazzi&#8217;s class<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. RADIAL BALANCE: <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The word <strong><em>RADIAL<\/em><\/strong> is taken from the word <strong><em>radius,<\/em><\/strong> meaning the radius of a circle. <strong><em>RADIAL BALANCE<\/em><\/strong> is just like <em><strong>SYMMETRICAL BALANCE,<\/strong><\/em> but instead of having only two sides the same, you have <strong><em>three or more sides<\/em><\/strong> balancing each other, going around the center, like a circle.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Examples of RADIAL BALANCE:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1135\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1.jpg 1135w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1-100x88.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1-560x493.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1-260x229.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/On-White-1922Wassily-Kandinsky-1-160x141.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1135px) 100vw, 1135px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;On White&#8221; by Wassily Kandinsky, painted in 1922<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2.jpg 728w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2-260x195.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/Shahemam-mosque-Isfahan2-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><figcaption>Dome from &#8220;Shah Imam mosque&#8221; in Isfahan, designed by Baha&#8217;ud-Din al-&#8216;Amili and Ali Akbar Isfahani, completed in 1629<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1241\" src=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977-300x372.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977-81x100.jpg 81w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977-560x695.jpg 560w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977-260x323.jpg 260w, https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/bazziart\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/625\/2020\/03\/GettyImages-686895977-160x199.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;North Rose Window&#8217; of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, designed by Jean de Chelles, completed in 1260<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are 7 Principles of Design. The most important is BALANCE. BALANCE in art is when the elements of art (line, shape, color, value, space, form, texture) are equally distributed in the artwork. 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