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At this point, we have covered all but color. This assignment is one of two research assignments in the class. For each of the thirty-four items in the following list, find a large image and discuss how that image fits the element or principle. I’ve included an example on the last page of this assignment. You will need to give credit for each image.

When you’ve finished, you should have 35 pages: a title page, with your name, completion date and title, - AND – the following 34 samples with text. You will turn in the file through Blackboard by attaching it to the assignment page and submitting it.

1. Use of 1-point perspective in an image

2. Use of 2-point perspective in an image

3. Scenes with a short depth of field

4. Images with an almost infinite depth of field

5. Shapes and designs that suggest the third dimension / heightened volume

6. Texture as primary element

7. Gestalt Principle: figure/ground ambiguity

8. Gestalt Principle: Proximity

9. Gestalt Principle: Closure

10. Gestalt Principle: Continuation

11. Gestalt Principle: Anomaly

12. Gestalt Principle: Similarity

13. Abstraction with chaotic rhythm

14. Abstraction with fluid rhythm

15. color used to imply (or support) sophistication

16. color used to guide the eye

17. color used to suggest childlike (or for children)

18. color: triadic (non-primary)

19. color: analogous with complement

20. color: analogous

21. color: split complementary (three colors)

22. color: complementary

23. color: monochromatic

24. color: achromatic

25. Typography as primary element in fine art (not design)

26. Value change: abrupt (posterized)

27. Value change: gradual (rich and varied, gradient)

28. Designs that rely solely on 2D shapes (can have text)

29. Shape as primary element

30. Line as primary element

31. Proportion: Golden Section

32. Repetition and variation (patterns)

33. Asymmetrical balance (AKA: asymmetry)

34. Symmetrical balance

Sample 90: Math Influenced (Tessellation)

Image Source: American Math Society, 2002

Tiling an equilateral shape, such as a square or hexagon, over a plane without leaving a gap, creates a tessellation. The above image uses a hexagon comprised of a rosette of twelve right triangles, alternating in black and right. These were then tiled and all of the vertices that did not fall along the vertical or horizontal axes were disturbed to create a spherical effect. The use of figure/ground ambiguity, created by the strict adherence to Black and White, increases the three-dimensional effect and gives the appearance of a shifting texture.