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Texture created using multiple marks or through a descriptive simulation of physical texture.

A form of balance that is created when shapes are mirrored on either side of a central axis, as in a composition that is vertically divided down the center.

A composition that is at rest or an object that appears stationary.

A size relationship between two separate objects.

The use of the same visual element or effect a number of times in the same composition.

The principle of foreground shape in a design and the dominant shape of figure in a figure-ground relationship.

Visual organization based on similarity in location, orientation, shape, and so on.

A visual or physical structure created from intersecting parallel lines.

A unifying force created by the outer edge of composition or by a boundary within the composition.

The mind's inclination to connect fragmentary information to produce a completed form.

A form of linear perspective in which the lines receding into space converge at two vanishing points of the eye level or horizon line, one to the left of the object and one to the right of the object.

Linear perspective in which the lines receding into space converge at a single vanishing point of the eye level or horizon line.

1. The inclination of shapes to float or sink compositionally 2. The relative importance of a visual element within a design

In linear perspective, the flat surface on which a three-dimensional image is mentally projected

In linear perspective, the line on which all vanishing points are positioned.  More accurately described as the eye line or eye level

A post modern practice in which an accumulation of multiple (and often contradictory), visual layers is used to create a single artwork

any gradual transition from one color to another or from one shape or volume to another.  In drawing, shading created through the gradation of grays can be used to suggest three-dimensional form

special attention given to some aspect of a composition

a visual phenomenon in which the atmospheric density progressively increases, hazing over the perceived world as one looks into its depth.  Overall definition lessens, details fade, contrasts become muted and, ,in a landscape, a blue mist descends.

the representation of an object or scene on a two-dimensional surface to give it the appearance of three-dimensionality

equilibrium among visual elements that do not mirror each other on either side of an axis

actual variation in a surface

1. a clearly defined area around a positive shape or form 2. a shape created through the absence of an object rather than through the presence of an object