Rhythm

What is Kinesthetic Empathy in Rhythm?

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Whenever you see a design or image and one of your other senses besides sight is stimulated upon the time you see the design/image, this is known as kinesthetic empathy. Your sense of smell is stimulated when you see the image of the perfume ad and the man is smelling the woman's neck. 

What is Rhythm?

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Rhythm in a design is the movement created by the viewers eye. The repetition from little thin lines to great big lines creates a sense of  visual rhythm. 

What does Nonobjective mean?

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Nonobjective is the reality. It isn't an image or design that's a reference to or relationship to the natural world, it actually is the reality. The woman in all white is the nonobjective object in the image above.

Balance

What is Asymmetrical Balance?

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The placement of objects in a specific way to allow opposing or "not alike" objects with equal visual weight or equal attraction of the eye is known as asymmetrical balance. The way these prom dresses above are created is by using asymmetrical balance. 

What is Balance?

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What ever you put on one side of the image or design, is also present on the opposing side of your image or design. Balance is known as the visual equilibrium of a design. The image above shows vertical balance in the celebrities dress.

What is Bilateral Symmetry? 

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Bilateral symmetry is the repetitional of the same shapes or images across the vertical access. The image above shows bilateral symmetry in the rich floral skirt and its repetition of the floral print across the vertical access.

Scale & Proportion

What is Proportion?

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The actual relative size of an image, body, object, etc. being measured against other elements or whats known to be the norm for that element, is called proportion. All of the fashion sketches above contain a different proportioned body size and size of garments being worn by each one. You can compare the different sized women and outfits above to what is considered to be the norm of their garment or body proportion.

What are Pop Artists?

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One art movement that took start in the 1960's was called pop art. Pop artists were artists who created paintings from inspiration they found from everyday popular culture and from the techniques of commercial art. Although the artist is unknown, the image above is a pop art painting done over Audrey Hepburn.

What is Surrealism?

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Some images just cannot be explained in rational terms. These images and paintings are based on a paradox and are called Surrealism! One example of surrealism art in fashion is the image above taken by Vladimir Borowicz. There's simply no rational explanation as to what the image truly means or what led him to do this piece.  

Emphasis

What is a Focal Point?

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Another term used to describe emphasis would be focal point. Any element that has been emphasized to a greater degree than any other element shown in the image, is known to be the focal point. As seen in the Dolce & Gabbana advertisement above, the main focal point is the lady dancing and rising her dress on the table above everyone else. 

What is the Relation Between Value and Emphasis?

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When an image shows a greater value in one area or element compared to the other areas or elements in the image, this shows emphasis. The lighter value colored fashion body forms on the right side and upper right side have a lighter value which makes the eye attract more to the brighter area which is the emphasized part of the image.

How is Emphasis Shown in a Collage?

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When it comes to collages and their relation to emphasis, there really is no specific element in the image being emphasized more than another. Rather than looking or seeing one specific element being emphasized, we instead look at the image as a whole. In the collage above over knitting, there is no specific focal point or an image that stands out right away much greater than another one. 

Unity

What is a Monochromatic picture?

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Anytime only one hue is being used in an image or painting in different shades such as lighter or darker values than its original color or by being intensified, that is known as a monochromatic picture. Harmonious unity is found through the image above because of the different shades of blue throughout her outfit.  

What is a Collage and How Does it Relate to Unity?

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Collages are similar to scrapbook pages but are different in the sense that they create a visual unity and each item is admired individually, rather than as a whole recurring theme, idea, etc. In the image above, each image is viewed separately because of the fact that there is no specific recurring theme going on throughout the whole image/collage.

How does Proximity show Unity?

Harrington, Jolene R. "Wedding Parasols and Fashion Umbrellas:  A Bride Has Options." Bridal Accessories: Bridal Umbrellas, Bridal Parasols for Weddings. Hopscotch Press, Inc., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2013.

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Proximity in images and paintings shows/has unity because when you put the elements in the image very close together or even close enough to be touching, it looks as if they both or all belong together. All of the ladies above huddling close to the bride at the center show proximity due to how close together they all are to each other. Their one big group shows unity!