Use this activity to help you connect the principles of design with some real-world examples.
What principle of design does this illustration best demonstrate?
The artist uses negative space to frame the face with the shape of the subject's hands.
The artist uses negative space to frame the face with the shape of the subject's hands.
What principle of design does this painting best demonstrate?
This painting uses extreme areas of light and dark to show the importance of the beam of light coming through the window.
This painting uses extreme areas of light and dark to show the importance of the beam of light coming through the window.
What principle of design does this painting best demonstrate?
The artist Edgar Degas captures the movement of this ballerina by having her come directly at the viewer, with a fluid and vibrant body pose.
The artist Edgar Degas captures the movement of this ballerina by having her come directly at the viewer, with a fluid and vibrant body pose.
What principle of design is on display in this decoration?
These detailed carvings at the Alhambra palace in Spain show how repeating shapes and patterns can have a powerful effect.
These detailed carvings at the Alhambra palace in Spain show how repeating shapes and patterns can have a powerful effect.
What principle of design is best illustrated in this painting?
The viewer's eye goes immediately to the woman with the umbrella, as the artist's use of color creates a strong emphasis on the main subject.
The viewer's eye goes immediately to the woman with the umbrella, as the artist's use of color creates a strong emphasis on the main subject.
What principle of design did the artist use most in this painting?
Goya's The Colossus shows the subject towering over a tiny village below, with mountains that come up to his knees and his head above the clouds. This creates the sense of a giant figure in proportion to the rest of the scene.
Goya's The Colossus shows the subject towering over a tiny village below, with mountains that come up to his knees and his head above the clouds. This creates the sense of a giant figure in proportion to the rest of the scene.
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