1 László MoholyNagy Composition 19 1921 Composition is the arrangement of all the elements to make the piece work as a whole László MoholyNagy Composition 19 1921 Unity is created by using consistent style amp treating elements similarly ID: 559834
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Composition & Layout
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László Moholy-Nagy, Composition #19, 1921Slide2
Composition
is the arrangement of all the elements to make the piece work as a whole
László Moholy-Nagy,
Composition #19, 1921Slide3
Unity
is created by using consistent style & treating elements similarly
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Henri Matisse, La danse
(1909)Slide4
Creating Unity
1. Color of armor does not match the helmet
2. Details of the armor’s surface area differSlide5
New media design requires unity because it requires many images in one screen or across many pages or screens
Bill Viola, Hall of Whispers, 1995Slide6
Unity Tools
1. Space--Grouping or arranging in a pattern
2. Line
--Similar line quality, direction devices
3. Shape--Groups of similar shapes
4.
Value--Similar values, consistent light source
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Texture--Similar textures
6. Color--Similar hues, tints, shades
Mariko Mori, Birth of a Star, 1995
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Mariko Mori
Birth of a Star
, 1995
Miko No Inori, 1996
Pure Land
, 1996-98Slide8
Layout
is the arrangement of all the elements of a design in a way so that they work together
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Content read left to right, top to bottom
Important elements near top
Most important elements are larger than rest
Captions near images
“Next” or “continue” near bottom
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Working with the Grid
Grid: A series of intersecting lines to align placement of elements on page. See http://www.gdbasics.com/html/grid/grid.html
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Raphael.
The School of Athens.
1509. Fresco. Vaticano, Stanza della Segnatura, RomeSlide12
Summary
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1.
Composition
is the arrangement of all the elements to make the piece work as a whole
2. Two important aspects of composition are
unity
and
layout
3.
Unity
is created by using consistent style & treating elements similarly4. Layout
involves arranging all of the elements or images of a design to work together