Homework 4

1. How is visual weight different than physical weight?
2. What happens to objects when they get close to the edges of a composition?
3. Why are human beings more comfortable with balanced compositions?
4. What happens when there is imbalance?
5. Is there a place for purposeful imbalance? Give some examples.
6. Why is symmetrical balance so popular in architecture?
7. Can different types of balance be used in a single composition?
8. How many ways are there to achieve asymmetrical balance? Name them.
9. Is radial balance always symmetrical? Why or why not?
10. 1. Visual weight is different than physical weight in that pysical weight can be weighed with some kind of scale, where as visual weight cannot be. 2. When objects get close to the edges of a compsition the images become more unstable.
    

11. 3. Human beings are more comfortable with balance in that we like our lives to balanced. Balance also can give off a calming effect which humans tend to like.
    

    4. When there is an imbalance in an art work then the work becomes chaotic.
    

    5. There is a purpose for imbalance, such as when you are trying to make a person feel uneasy or confused.
    

    6. Symmetrical balance is so popular in architecture because they want their buildings to be stable.
    

    7. Differant types of balance can be used in a single composition.
    

    8. There are many ways to achieve asymetrical balance such as using a large shape close to the center and a small shape is placed away from the center, multiple shapes that are together can balance out a larger shape, a solid image can balance out a transparent image, and finally different textrues can balance eachother out.
    

    9. Radial balance is not always symmetrical, if a spiral variant is used in a picture then the result is not symmetrical.