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pictorial balance: a standalone construct

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Art history

the way shapes, colours and positions carry perceptual weight and directed forces that balance a composition.

In art history, pictorial balance refers to the way shapes, colours and positions carry perceptual weight and directed forces that balance a composition. This meaning comes from Arnheim (1954) in Art and visual perception: a psychology of the creative eye.[1]

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Arnheim, R. (1954). Art and visual perception: a psychology of the creative eye. Faber. ISBN 9780520026131

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