Composition & Visual Design

5 terms

The point in an image at which receding parallel lines appear to meet.

The route the eye takes through a photograph, determined by the arrangement of weights, lines and contrasts.

The pace at which repeated elements carry the eye across a frame, set by their spacing and variation.

A sense of unresolved energy created by elements that pull against each other or against the frame.

The degree to which an element in the frame attracts and holds attention, independent of its physical size.