Talk:Composition (visual arts)

message: I think it makes more sense to make each "heuristic" its own primary section, so I'll remove the heuristics section and bump everything else up a level.
I'd like to have a sample image to demonstrate each primary concept.
I'm not familiar enough with the topic to determine whether the four "primary elements" are comprehensive, so I'd like to review the literature. lel
Yes it's perfectly true that you are not familiar with this topic, I have rarely read such unmitigated poorly informed drivel. There is an entire science of pictorial composition derived from renaissance pictorial science in which the elements of the image are related to the music of the spheres and have to conform to mathematical and visual harmonics. You could start with the golden section!!!! an-aesthetic  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.229.56.232 (talk) 16:01, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Short-term goals

message: The terms "subject" and "ground" should be properly introduced (and "ground" should be used).
The definition of color is incomplete and somewhat misleading. There are many attributes of a color "hue, color value (lightness),  saturation (intensity)." Also, the example for meaning of color should be cited to a specific work. The meaning for White is more about purity and purity in China than death, which is often illustrated with black or black and white. If you want to raise specific examples for color usage, look into history and religious backgrounds for more solid information.HillmanHan (talk) 03:48, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Terminology

message: * Negative space
* Balance [including "balance of the steelyard" (cf. Henry Rankin Poore, Pictorial Composition: An Introduction)]
* The subject should not be facing out of the image
* A moving subject should have space in front
* Color
* Geometry
* Line
* Contrast
* Rhythm
* Light
* Eye movement
* Pattern
* Repetition (Perhaps same as pattern; rhythm also comes into play, as does geometry)
Also;
* harmony, or consistency
* centre of interest, or emphasis
* orientation of objects
* cropping
* the golden mean/section
* page layout (graphic design)
* breaking the rules to create tension
elements might be a better term than objects Adytum72a
Mr. Hunter (talk) 04:56, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Some missing concepts

message: I've added an image to help illustrate the concept of simplification. It's my own, so there shouldn't be any problems. escapologist  13:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Image 

message: This rule is not an application of the Golden ratio. 
This allegation is largely widespread but wrong.--83.203.23.117 08:47, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Says who? What is it based on, if not an approximation of phi? Was it invented by photographers? Source, please, or it goes back in! mikaultalk 18:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rule of Thirds 

message: Hello,
I've recently made a few edits to improve the article. There was not any information for a few of the Elements of Design, so I added Color, Texture, Value, Form, and Space.  I also changed up some of the information under Color to be more specific.
These were originally drafted in my User:Jaefle/sandbox/articledraft Jaefle (talk) 15:26, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Improvements 

message: List their similarities and different under the following headings
•Subject matter
•Arrange and use of
•Composition and use of space
•Materials 41.13.82.202 (talk) 15:15, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visual Art