The lines in the Rasmusen on the right are jagged, horizontal, and random. Different qualities of line are shown in both works. The works also use the principle of variety in a different way. Variety is combining one or more elements of art to create interest. Another principle these works of art use is emphasis .
Emphasis is when an artist makes one part of the artwork more important than another.
Emphasis gets your attention. More information on Gene Davis. More information on Henry Rasmusen. Emil Zyrakchi, Dissonance , c. 1965, Oil on canvas, Gift of Bernard Kripkee and Roa Lynn, Acc. Both of these paintings are non-objective but they are opposites in many elements of art.