IN THIS LESSON

Objectives  

  • Describe how harmonious parts work to create unity

  • Discuss the ways of achieving visual unity

  • Use the grid to identify how various components of a visual image are organized into a cohesive composition

  • Understand how unity operates within variety

  • Discuss the significance of how chaos and control are necessary for a unified whole

  1. Download and review the Unit 2 Vocabulary, below.

Download Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. Watch the videos below. Learn the content!

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3. The Task - Unified Designs in Modern Art

Art and graphic design have been heavily influenced by the use of grids. Explore Google images and look at the art of Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, Agnes Martin, Sole LeWitt, Chuck Close, M.C. Escher, or others .

Google “ the art of quilting,” which is grid-based. Some quilts by the Amish and are so abstract they evoke Rothko and other modern artists.

Then, create a logo for the Kennebec Valley Animal Shelter using principles of Unity and basics of Gestalt Theory. Use what you've explored for reference as you work.