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TextureSpace

Line:

Child’sCradle

Josef and Jacob Kohn

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Shape:

Window from Coonley House

FrankLloyd Wright

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Form:

WaterDeity

Aztec,Mexico

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Color:

Bridge Over the Riou

AndreDerain

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Value:

Self-Portrait

MarieLaurencin

Texture

Face Mask

Senufo, Cote d’Ivoire

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Space:

View ofToledo

El Greco

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PrinciplesUnity

VarietyEmphasisRhythmBalance

Unity:Repetition of Shape

(rectangles)

Trolley-New Orleans

Robert Frank

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Unity:Repetition of Color

(gold)

Outer Coffin of Henettawy

Egyptian

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Unity:Repetition of Texture

(hatching)

Corridor in the Asylum

Vincent Van Gogh

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Unity:Repetition of Line Quality

(plant stems)

Pink and Rose

WilliamMorris

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Variety

Seven Portraitsof the Quintet of Nizamica

From present-dayAfghanistan

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Emphasis:Contrast of Colors

The Chap-Book

Frank Hazenplug

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Emphasis:Directional Lines:Perspective

Flight into Egypt

Henry OssawaTanner

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Emphasis:Directional Lines:Eye Direction

The Fortune Teller

Georges de la Tour

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Emphasis:Directional Lines: ConcentricCircles

The Starry Night

Vincent Van Goghhttp://www.moma.org

Emphasis:Isolation

Simplicissimus

ThomasTheodorHeine

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Rhythm:Random

Autumn Rhythm

Jackson Pollockhttp://www.metmuseum.org

Rhythm:Regular

The Souper Dress

American

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Balance:Asymmetrical

Fjord Armchair and Foot Stool

PatriciaUrquiola

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Balance:BilateralSymmetry

Belt Buckle

PatrizHuber

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Balance:RadialSymmetry

The Octopus

Alvin LangdonCoburn

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Balance:Horizontaland Vertical

New York City

Lee Friedlander

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Balance:Small and Large Forms

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Frank Gehry

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Balance:ContrastingColors

The Scream

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Balance:Contrasting Values

Julia Jackson

Julia Margaret Cameron

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Balance:ContrastingTextures

Diptych

Master BP, Ukraine

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Balance:ContrastingLine Quality

Report from Rockport

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