Symmetrical: Symmetrical balance is seen in perfectly centered compositions or those with mirror images.
"London Knees" by Claes Oldenburg
"Ingeminate" by Eva Hesse
"Geometric Sculpture" by George W. Hart
"The Kiss" by Constantin Brancusi
"The Dinner Party" by Judy Chicago
Asymmetrical: not identical on both sides of a central line.
"Untitled (with foot)" by Louise Bourgeois
"Number 84" by Leonardo Drew
"Mirror Shadow VII" by Louise Nevelson
"Dietrofront" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Walking Sculpture Recreation" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
Radial Symmetry: form of symmetry arranged equally in all directions from a central point.
"The table of Silence" by Constantin Brancusi
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"Self Portrait" by Louise Bourgeois
"Le case girano intorno a noi o noi giriamo intorno alle case?" by Mario Merz
"Similis Unus Brancusin Sed Non (Like a Brancusi, But Not)" by Lucy Puls
"O'keefe plate" by Judy Chicago
Scale: system of ordered marks at fixed intervals used as a reference standard in measurement.
"Binoculars" by Claus Oldenburg
"Ice Bag - Scale C" by Claes Oldenburg
"Free Stamp" by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje Van Bruggen
"Giant 3-way Plug" by Claes Oldenburg
"Safety Pin" by Claes Oldenburg
Proportion: A part considered in relation to a whole.
"Maman" by Louise Bourgeois
"Abakan Red" by Magdalena Abakanowicz
"Agora" by Magdalena Abakanowicz
"Bowl with Eggs" by Jeff Koons
"TV Buddha" by Nam June Paike
Emphasis: visual dominance.
"Cameraman" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"The Labyrinth" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Ball of Newspapers" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Mirror Cage, Double Square" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Buddha Game 1991" by Nam June Paike
Contrast: the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared.
"Venus of the Rags" by Michelangelo Pistoletto
"Metronomic Irregularity" by Eva Hesse
"Number 119D" by Leonardo Drew
"Untitled" by Leonardo Drew
"Shigekos Buddhas" by Nam June Paike
Variety: collection containing a variety of sorts of things.
"Portrait of Ross" by Felix Gonzales-Torres
"Cityscape" by Louise Nevelson
"Dawns Presence-Two Columns" by Louise Nevelson
"Dawns Shadow" by Louise Nevelson
"America Dawn" by Louise Nevelson
Repetition: the act or process or instance being repeated.
"Peinture" by Pierre Soulages
"Moon is the Oldest Television" by Nam June Paik
"The Chase Video Matrix" by Nam June Paik
"Untitled" by Donald Judd
"Real Materials Existing In Rela Space" by Donald Judd
Rhythm: recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions.
"Untitled" by Louise Nevelson
"Vinculum II" by Eva Hesse
"186 Prepared DC Motors, cardboard boxes" by Zimoun (video below)
Zimoun : 186 prepared dc-motors, cardboard boxes 60x60x60cm, 2010. from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.
"Wave" by Reuben Margolin (video below)
"Supposed Stalagmites" by Jennifer Rose Sciarrino
