1. Balance & Symmetry

2. Locating the axis (tilting point) within your design. Noting where & how your composition is balanced (locate fulcrum).

3. Dispersion by Julie Mehretu, ink & acrylic on canvas, 90 x 144” 2002

4. Sansar Chand Court, Kangra, now Himachal Pradesh, est. 1800 - 15

5. M.C.Escher

6. Balance: Symmetry

7. Taj Mahal, masoleum, Agra, India, 1632 - 53

8. Little Faith by Jimmy Joe Roche, painted paper sculpture, 106 x 2 x 78” 2011

9. Prototype For New Understanding by Brian Jungen, Nike Shoe Sculpture, ranging in size from 2 x 2 to igloo-size, 2010

10. Artwork from Brian Jungen’s show at National Museum of the American Indian in DC, 2009 RIGHT: Blanket no.7 Professional Sports Jerseys, 69 x 53.5” 2008 LEFT: Collection of Prototype For New Understanding

11. Balance: Radial Symmetry

12. 17 th Century Reticella Lace Crochet Design

13. Namgyal monks completing a sand mandala, Cleveland, Ohio, museum.

14. Example of completed Sand Mandala

15. Circle Limit IV, woodcut in black and ocre, 2 block prints 1960 by M. C. Escher

16. Variations on Radial Symmetry

17. Excerpt (Suprematist Evasion) by Julie Mehretu, ink & acrylic on canvas, 2003

18. Whaam! by Roy Lichtenstein, acrylic & oil on canvas,1727 x 4064mm (about 12’ wide), 1963 Based on an image from ‘All American Men of War’ published by DC Comics in 1962

19. Wall Drawing 273 (lines to points on a grid) by Sol Lewitt, 1975

20. Lines from the mid points of lines by Sol Lewitt, etching, 1975

21. Balance: Asymmetry

22. The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci, Tempera on gesso, pitch & mastic, 1495 – 98, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan

23. Metamorphosis III by M. C. Escher woodcut, second state in red, green & reddish-brown, 1967-68

25. Imbalance

26. Spiderman Series by Michael Burmeister, oil on canvas, 2008

27. But is it still balanced? One could argue that much!

28. Radio Lab’s video on Symmetry

29. Exercises Value via Proximity Balance & Imbalance with Positive/Negative Space & Geometric/Organic Shapes Julie Mehretu interview Intro. Project #3 Geometric Symmetry