2006-12-03 20:29:51 · 4 answers · asked by pidor c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
I'd take it further than your previous poster.
In the arts, harmony occurs in many ways, some as per the above, but also in the manner of composition and the palette used.
In the compostion, the artist creates harmony by the use of perspective, the location of the vanishing point, the horizon, the balance of the components of the picture, and the form (many pictures can be shown to be based on geometric forms which are pleasing to the eye - harmony).
In the use of the palette, harmony is achieved by the use of complementary colours. I'm not going to go into the depths of the theory here but think about the colours that someone like van Gogh used as opposed to, say, Monet.
Whether a picture achieves "harmony" or not makes no difference to whether it is a great work of art. I would cite as examples of "harmonic" artists painters such as Constable and Claude. Those who paint "discordant" works would be artists such as Rothko and Pollock. All great artists, but radically different styles and harmonics.
2006-12-03 23:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply put, harmony is opposite dischord. Think music. Harmony is ordered, pleasant, in tune. Dischord is chaotic, harsh, like the sounds of an orchestra warming up. Same with paintings as the previous respondent exampled.
2006-12-04 00:52:10 · answer #2 · answered by Victor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-06 00:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Artisti 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
relation of differnet items iwithin a composition
ie do they have similar traits, language and do they bring out the intended concept ?
2006-12-03 21:24:22 · answer #4 · answered by fzee 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋