Unity Unity Variety is the counterweight of harmony, and with it the artist achieves individuality and interest.
Variety holds a viewer s attention and curiosity in an artwork.
Variety may encompass opposition or contrast. The balance between harmony and variety can be changed to favor either principle, depending on the intention of the artist. In this work, variety in the shape contours and colors provides the means to hold the viewer s attention. George Sugarman, Inscape, 1964.