aesthetic balance
Pleasing proportional arrangement
Aesthetic balance is the pleasing distribution of visual or sensory elements in art, design, or composition.
Elements may be arranged symmetrically or asymmetrically while still achieving equilibrium—the eye finds rest rather than tension.
The concept applies beyond visual arts to music, writing, and architecture: The room's aesthetic balance was ruined by the oversized sofa.
- golden ratioPhi, roughly 1.618
- negative spaceEmpty area around forms
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
eye movement · harmony · equilibrium · unity · yin and yang · fractals · Fibonacci sequence · coherence · focal point · alignment · golden spiral · grid systems · contrast · rule of thirds · balanced · dynamics · juxtaposition · color theory
aesthetic balanceimbalance
Lack of proportion
asymmetry · disarray · lopsidedness · disproportionality · disequilibrium