artistic composition
Deliberate aesthetic creation
Artistic composition is the deliberate arrangement of elements within a work of art—how shapes, colors, lines, or figures are organized in a painting, photograph, or design.
Good composition guides the viewer's eye and creates visual harmony or tension.
The term applies across visual arts: The composition draws your attention to the figure in the corner.
In music, composition refers instead to the act of creating a piece or the piece itself.
- melodyPleasing sequence of notes
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- installation artArt occupying whole rooms
harmony · theme · focal point · negative space · white space · choreography · creative vision · texture · counterpoint · sound design · collage · symbolism · rhythm · motif · orchestration · narrative structure · mise-en-scène · perspective
- portrait photographyheadshots, studio shots, candid shots, profile shots, posed shots