Composition & Visual Design

4 terms

A set of observations from perceptual psychology describing how the visual system groups separate elements into wholes.

The proportion of approximately 1:1.618 that has been used in art and architecture as a compositional division.

A logarithmic spiral constructed from golden-ratio rectangles, sometimes overlaid on a frame as a compositional guide.

A compositional grid formed by a diagonal across the frame and two perpendicular lines from the remaining corners.