1. Mrs. Gilford Visual Arts 1
Balance
Mrs. Gilford
Visual Arts 1

2. SWBAT Use academic vocabulary in context
Understand the Principles of Art and describe them to a table partner
Analyze the expressive qualities of balance in artworks
Create visual solutions using direct observation and imagination to explore the art principle of balance

3. Visual Balance
Balance is the principle of art concerned with equalizing visual forces, or elements, in a work of art.

4. Central Axis
The central axis is dividing the line that works like the point of balance in the balance scale.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa attracts attention because it is out of balance.

5. Vertical and Horizontal Axis

6. Art History
Diego Rivera, the son of two teachers was born in 1886 in the small town of Guanajuato, Mexico.
He studied with Picasso in France
When he returned to Mexico he painted many murals

7. Formal Balance
Formal balance occurs when equal or very similar elements are placed on opposite sides of a central axis.
Diego Rivera, Flower Day circa 1925

8. Symmetry
Symmetry is a special type of formal balance in which two halves of a balanced composition are identical mirror images of each other.