Movement and Rhythm

Movement and Rhythm NOAH MIN

What is Movement?

Movement can create a path for the audiences' eyes to follow across a composition. It can also convey movement or set the movement within a piece.

Visual Rhythm is the rhythm of movement and is most commonly conveyed through the usage of colors as well as patterns.

KINETIC ART

An artwork with actively moving parts

Recorded Action Photographs freezes the desired moment of action.

Picket fences cannot move, however, it has definitely led your eye from one end to the other. This is known as compositional movement.

Compositional Movement in 3D and 2D Art

3D compositions cannot be judged from a single point of view which then leads the audience to move around the composition to find new perspectives within the art.

The photographer successfully manages to drag the viewers' eyes to focus on the middle of his shot by blurring the background and focusing where the eagle is located.

Rhythm is what helps to organize a composition. it also creates interest for the viewer, creates emphasis, and brings unity to the artwork.

Types of Rhythm

Regular Rhythm

It creates a repeated pattern that is both predictable and continuous.

Flowing/Smooth

This ype of rhythm unifies whole compositions in a peaceful but powerful way. communicating freedom and grace. It is commonly employed in landscapes, figurative designs and in abstract and nonrepresentational works

Alternating Rhythm

If rhythms are too much alike they can become monotonous so variety helps create needed interest in a composition. It can be created by using alternating patterns or feelings in a painting

Progressive Rhythm

Progressive rhythm brings variety to a composition. A rhythm is progressive when its repeated motifs change in a predictable or regular way.

Unexpected Rhythm

Unexpected rhythms may be jerky, irregular, or spontaneous. They can convey feelings of excitement, confusion, or add suspense and tension to the composition

Unexpected rhythms can be created by irregular spacing and by random changes in size, color, or shape of repeated motifs

Henri Matisse

Matisse was influenced by movements such as impressionism and cubism and has heavily concentrated on portraying human form and exploring the use of color. He would distort shapes to create a sense of movement in artwork and created abstract collages called Papiers Découpés made from bright paper cutouts.

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Noah Min

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