Sunday, September 21, 2014

Rythm of Art

"Visual rhythm is similar to musical rhythm. In music, rhythm is created through the organization of sound in time. (...) As with music, the rhythm in a visual composition can take many forms"(Stewart, pg. 83). I think the text describes the essence of rhythm beautifully. An orchestra is only powerful when it follows a rhythm. To me, drawing on the previous post(s) about patterns in nature, rhythm is simply another way of describing a unification principle, a more aesthetic description of something that helps create order from chaos. The below picture illustrates a breathtaking use of rhythm in artwork for me. Rhythm in this piece comes together to create a piece that reminds me of a visual depiction of infinity.


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