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Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons: A Youtube video assessing the impact of fair use and its cultural impact -- specifically, the impact of art upon other artists and how referencing and sometimes even imitating other works of art has helped shape art and culture as a whole. The video shows various examples of artworks that have used each other as references and is a good way to understand the importance behind this.

This is a website that gives additional explanation to different styles of art

Principle of design using balance in art, shows example of balance used as a means to control gravity (balance) in art work.

A Study of Different Modes of Repetition in Art and Design by Harvey Rayner. Wonderful examples of repetition in art, furniture, and architecture.

I really like this resource because it goes beyond the what abstract is, might, or can be and delves into the actual processes involved in various abstract works. It provides a different angle to the topic. (Week 9, 11/30)

This website gives more in depth information about the design concept of balance. It gives several examples of balance with an explanation of how a particular image is balanced. This website is useful because of the examples it gives since the concept of balance is somewhat confusing.

Every week it never fails, any site with more visual examples of the design element is the easiest and sometimes quickest way for to fully grasp the concept of it.

A short article that goes into patters and repetition in art and design.

Week 8: repetition. Helps to solidify the different types of repetition out there in design.

"The word culture has many different meanings.  For some it refers to an appreciation of good literature, music, art, and food." To understand how new media and technology connect to culture, we must understand what culture is. This is a great resource!

A tutorial that discusses line art and designs. I found it helpful because it is neat to see the lines being created and used after we have read about their functions and meanings.

This image shows how line thickness and darkness can create depth in a two dimensional piece of art and make it appear to be three-dimensional. Looking at real world applications of how lines can be used really helps me understand that material more.

I really like this website because it gives an explanation of abstract art. It gives details in the explanation, like abstraction is giving the viewer a chance to see something that they have never seen before. I also like the image that is included at the bottom because it is very interesting and it shows me abstraction in a different way that I am not interested in.

This video defines Rhetoric loosely as the art of persuasion. However, it dives much deeper into the history and breaks down exactly what makes up rhetoric and what makes a good rhetorician.

An on-line course Art 104: Design and Composition class at Palomar College. The notes contain design theory

JayDax website is developed by a husband wife team, (John and Shelia Chapman) http://www.jaydax.co.uk/lastsupper/lastsupper.htm Rhetorical Analysis: This is a painting of the Last Supper painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. The purpose of this painting is to depicting the scripture in the Gospel of John 13:21,, in the Holy Bible. The targeted audiences are people who are Christians, artist, bible and historian scholars. Understanding the individuals in the painting are biblical, namely Jesus Christ in center of painting establishes a portion of the targeted audience, and the fact that it is a well known painting of Da Vinci establishes the art and historian scholar audience. Design Analysis: The painting is very good example of visual weight. Both symmetrical and asymmetrical balanced are use. Jesus is centered as well as the arch in the center of the table and the apostles are depicted on both sides of Jesus using symmetrical balance. When examining the table setting of the food symmetrical balance is used. Other examples of symmetrical balance are the rear windows, the gridded ceiling. All of these examples convey the definition of symmetrical as history, dignity, and formality. Asymmetrical balance in seen in the arches, one side is colored in and on side white space is used providing contrast and visual weight. Although the panels on the wall are symmetrical the contrast used on the left side provides an unequal, asymmetrical, balance.

Interesting historical and abstract uses of design in art. Accompanied by great commentary and discussion of what the particular emphasis of the piece signifies.

Ways and methods to create a focal point

There are few Ways to Create a Focal Point: by Contrast, Isolation , Placement. this article gives example of each

"method used to attract attention in the design of a page or work of art is the use of a focal point"

"REPETITION is the use of similar or connected pictorial elements." This webpage also gives a clear definition of every element of design.

this website goes over all the elements of design.  Probably the coolest part to me is the amount of repetition they use in each description.

A detailed example on hatching

Really engaging! Broke down the process for me a little further.