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Principles of Visual composition
Submitted by
Antara jha
Jyotsna mundary
Kanchan sen sharma
Proportion
• a ratio refers to the quantitative comparison of two
similar things, while proportion refers to the quality
of ratio
• thus a proportioning system establishes a consistent
set of visual relationships between the part of a
building , as well as between the part and the whole.
According to EUCLID
THEORIES OF PROPORTION
• GOLDEN SECTION
• CLASSICAL ORDERS
• RENAISSANCE THEORIES
• MODULOR
• KEN
• ANTHROPOMETRY
• SCALE
a b c
• Arithmetic c-b/b-a = c/c
• Geometric c-b/b-a = c/b
• Harmonic c-b/b-a =c/a
Type of proportion
GOLDEN SECTION
Φ phi
is the main element of golden section
Φ = 1+√5 ˜1.618
2
GOLDEN SECTION
GOLDEN SECTION CAN BE DEFINED AS THE RATIO BETWEEEN
TWO SECTION OF A LINE ,OR THE TWO DEMENSIONS OF
PLANE FIGURE,IN WHICH THE LESSER OF THE TWO IS TO THE
GREATER AS THE GREATER IS TO SUM OF BOTH .
a/b =b/a+b =Φ =0.618
METHODS OF DRAWING GOLDEN
SECTION
EXTENTION METHOD
DIVISION METHOD
GOLDEN RATIO
Φ =smaller side =a
large side b
=0.618
φ=large side
smaller side
=b/a
=1.618
GOLDEN RECTANGLE
• A RECTANGLE WHOSE SIDES ARE
PROPORTIONED ACCORDING TO GOLDEN
SECTION IS KNOWN AS GOLDEN RECTANGLE
a
b
THE PARTHENON ATHENS, GREECE
GOLDEN SPIRAL
A golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral whose growth
factor b is related to φ, the golden ratio. Specifically, a
golden spiral gets wider (or further from its origin) by a
factor of φ for every quarter turn it makes.
GOLDEN PYRAMID
--THE GREAT PYRAMID
OF GIZA HAVING A
GOLDEN RATIO WITH IT’S
BASE AND HEIGHT
-SO IT NAMED THE
GOLDENPYRAMID
- BY CONSIDERING
THE HYPOTANEOUS AS
RADIUS ,THE
CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE
CIRCLE IS EQUALS TO THE
TOTAL SUM OF THE SIDES
OF BASE OF THE PYRAMID
38
• THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
IS A ISOSCALE TRIANGLE
• THE ANGLE BETWEEN
THE TWO EQUAL SIDES IS
38 dec
GOLDEN TRIANGLE
PAINTINGS BY RAFHAEL
PENTAGRAM
HOLY FAMILY
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TAJMAHAL
C N TOWER , CANADA
UNITED NATIONS BUILDING, USA
CLASSICAL ORDERS
THE CLASSICAL ORDERS LIKE IN GREAK AND ROMAN
ARCHITECTURE :-
TUSCAN
DORIC
IONIC
CORINTHIAN
COMPOSITE
THESE ARE CONSTRUCTED IN PROPORTION WITH
THEIR OWN BASE DIAMETRE
THE ORDERS REPRESENTED
IN THEIR PROPORTIONING
OF ELEMENTS THE PERFECT
EXPRESSION OF BEAUTY AND
HARMONY
THE BASIC UNIT OF
DIMENSION WAS THE
DIAMETER OF COLUMN
CLASSICAL ORDERS
MODULOR
-created by
LE CORBUSIER
He based his modulor on
both mathematics ,and
human body proportion.
ANTHROPOMETRY
ANTHROPOMETRY REFERS TO THE MEASUREMENT OF SIZE AND
PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY
A SPECIAL FIELD THAT HAS DEVELOPED FROM A CONCERN WITH
HUMAN FACTOR IS ERGONOMICS
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VITRUVIAN MAN
DEFINATION
• When the proportions of architectural composition are applied to a
particular building, the two-termed relationship of the parts to the whole
must be harmonized with a third term—the observer.
• He not only sees the proportions of a door and their relationship to those
of a wall (as he would in a drawing of the building), but he measures them
against his own dimensions. This three termed relationship is called scale.
•No single scale is used in Architecture. The scale used depends on the level
of detail required in the drawing.
Scale
Scales used in architecture
In metric drawings commonly used scales and some of their likely uses are:
 1:1000 for site plans
 1:500 for site plans
 1:100 for plans and elevations
 1:50 for plans, sections and elevations
 1:20 for part plans, sections and internal elevations
 1:10 for details and joinery
 1:5 for details.
Scale /proportion
• Dimensional element's defined by other elements of design-size
relative to other art, its surroundings, or in relation to human
size. Unusual or even unexpected scale can certainly be used as a
attention grabber.
• Scale refers to overall size and proportion refers to relative size. Scale and
proportion principles help the viewer organize an image and they can be
used to create or minimize points of emphasis. If an object is out-of-scale
or oddly proportioned, then it will create a point of emphasis. Also, large
scale objects create obvious visual weight. We automatically perceive
larger objects as closer and more important than smaller objects.
Human scale in architecture is used
for-
• for monumental effect. Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed
in a scale. The extreme example is the Rodina (Motherland) statue in
Volgograd.
• for aesthetic effect.
• to serve automotive scale.
Vitruvian proportion
• Vitruvius described as the principal source of proportion among the orders
the proportion of the human figure. .
• Vitruvian man is a world renowned drawing created by leanardo da vinci
around the year 1487
• According to Leonardo's notes in
the accompanying text, written in
mirror writing, it was made as a
study of the proportions of the
(male) human body as described
by the Ancient Roman architect
Vitruvius
Vitruvius wrote that in the human body
• a palm is the width of four fingers or three inches
• a foot is the width of four palms and is 36 fingers or 12 inches . a cubit is
the width of six palms
• a man's height is four cubits and 24 palms
• a pace is four cubits or five feet
• the length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height
• the distance from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of a
man's height
• the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin is one-
eighth of a man's height
• the maximum width of the shoulders is a quarter of a man's height
• the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is one-fifth of a man's
height
• the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of a man's height
• the distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose is one-third of the
length of the head
• the distance from the hairline to the eyebrows is one-third of the length of
the face
• the length of the ear is one-third of the length of the face
RHYTHM
COLOSSEUM,ROME
• Rhythm in visual art is achieved through the creating
a sense of movement.
• The repeated placement of elements, lines, or color
can move the viewers focus from one point to
another.
ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL
The Principles of Design: Rhythm
• Pattern created by
repeating or varying
elements, with
consideration given to
the space between
them, and by
establishing a sense of
movement from one
element to another
Rhythm
Repeated use of line, shape, color, texture or pattern.
Types
•Regular rhythm
•Graduated rhythm
•Random rhythm
•Gradated rhythm
Regular Rhythm
A element is repeated at
the same repetition each
time.
Graduated Rhythm
The beats of the element become
closer or further apart as they
move.
The beats of the element
are random or
are at irregular intervals.
Random Rhythm
The repeated element is
identical with the exception of
one detail increasing or
decreasing gradually with each
repetition.
Gradated Rhythm
BUILDING SHOOWING GRADETED
RYTHM
The architects of this Islamic
building have used repetition
of repeated elements to
create a visual rhythm within
the interior
space.
In visual rhythm, a beat may be one
element or a combination of
elements.
The strongest beats here are the
big, tall buildings. The lighted
windows make a random rhythm.
The streets and the spaces
between the buildings
create negative, empty
space — the rest between the
beats.
• Visual rhythms create a sensation of movement.
• Rhythms cause the viewer’ s eyes to follow the visual beats
through a work of art.
• Visual movement is different from real action, which involves a
physical change in position.
• Visual movement simply suggests movement.
• Rhythm results from repetition.
• Motf and pattern are often used to talk about repetition in
art.
• A motif is a unit that is repeated in visual rhythm.
• The artist here has
used rhythm to pull
your eyes through the
work. Notice
how the curved
figures and the
slanted hoes give a
sensation of visual
Movement.
In sculpture and
architecture a three
dimensional motif is sometimes
called a module.
STONE TOWERS
ZAHA HADID
CAIRO
ROW OF ARCH SHOWING
REGULAR RHYTHM
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ICON
TOWERS
MILAN CATHEDRAL
ROME,PONTDUGAND
ROME,PANTHENON
SOUTHWARK,CEILING
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Symmetry
• Exact correspondence of form and constituent
configuration on opposite sides of a dividing
line or plane or about a center or an axis.
Types of symmetry
• Reflectional symmetry
• Point reflection
• Rotational symmetry
• Translational symmetry
• Glide reflection symmetry
• Rotoreflection symmetry
• Helical symmetry
• Scale symmetry
Reflection Symmetry
Reflectional symmetry, mirror symmetry, mirror-image
symmetry, or bilateral symmetry is symmetry with respect to
reflection.
Point reflection
Reflection symmetry can be generalized to
other isometries of m-dimensional space
which are involutions
Rotation Symmetry
Rotational symmetry is symmetry with respect to some or all
rotations in m-dimensional Euclidean space.
Translational symmetry
• Translational symmetry leaves an object
invariant under a discrete or continuous group
of translations.
Glide reflection symmetry
• In 2D, a glide reflection symmetry (in 3D it is called a glide
plane symmetry) means that a reflection in a line or plane
combined with a translation along the line / in the plane,
results in the same object.
Rotoreflection symmetry
• A rotoreflection or improper rotation is a rotation about an
axis combined with reflection in a plane perpendicular to that
axis.
A pentagonal antiprism
• Helical symmetry
• Helical symmetry is the kind of symmetry seen in such
everyday objects as springs, Slinky toys, drill bits, and augers.
It can be thought of as rotational symmetry along with
translation along the axis of rotation, the screw axis.
Scale symmetry
• Scale symmetry refers to the idea that if an object is expanded
or reduced in size, the new object has the same properties as
the original.

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  • 1. Principles of Visual composition Submitted by Antara jha Jyotsna mundary Kanchan sen sharma
  • 3. • a ratio refers to the quantitative comparison of two similar things, while proportion refers to the quality of ratio • thus a proportioning system establishes a consistent set of visual relationships between the part of a building , as well as between the part and the whole. According to EUCLID
  • 4. THEORIES OF PROPORTION • GOLDEN SECTION • CLASSICAL ORDERS • RENAISSANCE THEORIES • MODULOR • KEN • ANTHROPOMETRY • SCALE
  • 5. a b c • Arithmetic c-b/b-a = c/c • Geometric c-b/b-a = c/b • Harmonic c-b/b-a =c/a Type of proportion
  • 6. GOLDEN SECTION Φ phi is the main element of golden section Φ = 1+√5 ˜1.618 2
  • 7. GOLDEN SECTION GOLDEN SECTION CAN BE DEFINED AS THE RATIO BETWEEEN TWO SECTION OF A LINE ,OR THE TWO DEMENSIONS OF PLANE FIGURE,IN WHICH THE LESSER OF THE TWO IS TO THE GREATER AS THE GREATER IS TO SUM OF BOTH . a/b =b/a+b =Φ =0.618
  • 8. METHODS OF DRAWING GOLDEN SECTION EXTENTION METHOD DIVISION METHOD
  • 9. GOLDEN RATIO Φ =smaller side =a large side b =0.618 φ=large side smaller side =b/a =1.618
  • 10. GOLDEN RECTANGLE • A RECTANGLE WHOSE SIDES ARE PROPORTIONED ACCORDING TO GOLDEN SECTION IS KNOWN AS GOLDEN RECTANGLE a b THE PARTHENON ATHENS, GREECE
  • 11. GOLDEN SPIRAL A golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral whose growth factor b is related to φ, the golden ratio. Specifically, a golden spiral gets wider (or further from its origin) by a factor of φ for every quarter turn it makes.
  • 12. GOLDEN PYRAMID --THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA HAVING A GOLDEN RATIO WITH IT’S BASE AND HEIGHT -SO IT NAMED THE GOLDENPYRAMID - BY CONSIDERING THE HYPOTANEOUS AS RADIUS ,THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE CIRCLE IS EQUALS TO THE TOTAL SUM OF THE SIDES OF BASE OF THE PYRAMID
  • 13. 38 • THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE IS A ISOSCALE TRIANGLE • THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE TWO EQUAL SIDES IS 38 dec GOLDEN TRIANGLE
  • 17. C N TOWER , CANADA
  • 19. CLASSICAL ORDERS THE CLASSICAL ORDERS LIKE IN GREAK AND ROMAN ARCHITECTURE :- TUSCAN DORIC IONIC CORINTHIAN COMPOSITE THESE ARE CONSTRUCTED IN PROPORTION WITH THEIR OWN BASE DIAMETRE
  • 20. THE ORDERS REPRESENTED IN THEIR PROPORTIONING OF ELEMENTS THE PERFECT EXPRESSION OF BEAUTY AND HARMONY THE BASIC UNIT OF DIMENSION WAS THE DIAMETER OF COLUMN CLASSICAL ORDERS
  • 21. MODULOR -created by LE CORBUSIER He based his modulor on both mathematics ,and human body proportion.
  • 22. ANTHROPOMETRY ANTHROPOMETRY REFERS TO THE MEASUREMENT OF SIZE AND PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY A SPECIAL FIELD THAT HAS DEVELOPED FROM A CONCERN WITH HUMAN FACTOR IS ERGONOMICS
  • 25. DEFINATION • When the proportions of architectural composition are applied to a particular building, the two-termed relationship of the parts to the whole must be harmonized with a third term—the observer. • He not only sees the proportions of a door and their relationship to those of a wall (as he would in a drawing of the building), but he measures them against his own dimensions. This three termed relationship is called scale. •No single scale is used in Architecture. The scale used depends on the level of detail required in the drawing. Scale
  • 26. Scales used in architecture In metric drawings commonly used scales and some of their likely uses are:  1:1000 for site plans  1:500 for site plans  1:100 for plans and elevations  1:50 for plans, sections and elevations  1:20 for part plans, sections and internal elevations  1:10 for details and joinery  1:5 for details.
  • 27. Scale /proportion • Dimensional element's defined by other elements of design-size relative to other art, its surroundings, or in relation to human size. Unusual or even unexpected scale can certainly be used as a attention grabber. • Scale refers to overall size and proportion refers to relative size. Scale and proportion principles help the viewer organize an image and they can be used to create or minimize points of emphasis. If an object is out-of-scale or oddly proportioned, then it will create a point of emphasis. Also, large scale objects create obvious visual weight. We automatically perceive larger objects as closer and more important than smaller objects.
  • 28. Human scale in architecture is used for- • for monumental effect. Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed in a scale. The extreme example is the Rodina (Motherland) statue in Volgograd. • for aesthetic effect. • to serve automotive scale.
  • 29. Vitruvian proportion • Vitruvius described as the principal source of proportion among the orders the proportion of the human figure. . • Vitruvian man is a world renowned drawing created by leanardo da vinci around the year 1487 • According to Leonardo's notes in the accompanying text, written in mirror writing, it was made as a study of the proportions of the (male) human body as described by the Ancient Roman architect Vitruvius
  • 30. Vitruvius wrote that in the human body • a palm is the width of four fingers or three inches • a foot is the width of four palms and is 36 fingers or 12 inches . a cubit is the width of six palms • a man's height is four cubits and 24 palms • a pace is four cubits or five feet • the length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height • the distance from the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of a man's height • the distance from the top of the head to the bottom of the chin is one- eighth of a man's height • the maximum width of the shoulders is a quarter of a man's height • the distance from the elbow to the tip of the hand is one-fifth of a man's height • the distance from the elbow to the armpit is one-eighth of a man's height • the distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose is one-third of the length of the head • the distance from the hairline to the eyebrows is one-third of the length of the face • the length of the ear is one-third of the length of the face
  • 32. • Rhythm in visual art is achieved through the creating a sense of movement. • The repeated placement of elements, lines, or color can move the viewers focus from one point to another. ST. PAULS CATHEDRAL
  • 33. The Principles of Design: Rhythm • Pattern created by repeating or varying elements, with consideration given to the space between them, and by establishing a sense of movement from one element to another
  • 34. Rhythm Repeated use of line, shape, color, texture or pattern. Types •Regular rhythm •Graduated rhythm •Random rhythm •Gradated rhythm
  • 35. Regular Rhythm A element is repeated at the same repetition each time.
  • 36. Graduated Rhythm The beats of the element become closer or further apart as they move.
  • 37. The beats of the element are random or are at irregular intervals. Random Rhythm
  • 38. The repeated element is identical with the exception of one detail increasing or decreasing gradually with each repetition. Gradated Rhythm BUILDING SHOOWING GRADETED RYTHM
  • 39. The architects of this Islamic building have used repetition of repeated elements to create a visual rhythm within the interior space.
  • 40. In visual rhythm, a beat may be one element or a combination of elements. The strongest beats here are the big, tall buildings. The lighted windows make a random rhythm. The streets and the spaces between the buildings create negative, empty space — the rest between the beats.
  • 41. • Visual rhythms create a sensation of movement. • Rhythms cause the viewer’ s eyes to follow the visual beats through a work of art. • Visual movement is different from real action, which involves a physical change in position. • Visual movement simply suggests movement.
  • 42. • Rhythm results from repetition. • Motf and pattern are often used to talk about repetition in art. • A motif is a unit that is repeated in visual rhythm.
  • 43. • The artist here has used rhythm to pull your eyes through the work. Notice how the curved figures and the slanted hoes give a sensation of visual Movement.
  • 44. In sculpture and architecture a three dimensional motif is sometimes called a module.
  • 45. STONE TOWERS ZAHA HADID CAIRO ROW OF ARCH SHOWING REGULAR RHYTHM
  • 52. Symmetry • Exact correspondence of form and constituent configuration on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane or about a center or an axis.
  • 53. Types of symmetry • Reflectional symmetry • Point reflection • Rotational symmetry • Translational symmetry • Glide reflection symmetry • Rotoreflection symmetry • Helical symmetry • Scale symmetry
  • 54. Reflection Symmetry Reflectional symmetry, mirror symmetry, mirror-image symmetry, or bilateral symmetry is symmetry with respect to reflection.
  • 55. Point reflection Reflection symmetry can be generalized to other isometries of m-dimensional space which are involutions
  • 56. Rotation Symmetry Rotational symmetry is symmetry with respect to some or all rotations in m-dimensional Euclidean space.
  • 57. Translational symmetry • Translational symmetry leaves an object invariant under a discrete or continuous group of translations.
  • 58. Glide reflection symmetry • In 2D, a glide reflection symmetry (in 3D it is called a glide plane symmetry) means that a reflection in a line or plane combined with a translation along the line / in the plane, results in the same object.
  • 59. Rotoreflection symmetry • A rotoreflection or improper rotation is a rotation about an axis combined with reflection in a plane perpendicular to that axis. A pentagonal antiprism
  • 60. • Helical symmetry • Helical symmetry is the kind of symmetry seen in such everyday objects as springs, Slinky toys, drill bits, and augers. It can be thought of as rotational symmetry along with translation along the axis of rotation, the screw axis.
  • 61. Scale symmetry • Scale symmetry refers to the idea that if an object is expanded or reduced in size, the new object has the same properties as the original.

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