Radial Symmetry

Hello All!

Thanks for all your posts. There are some very interesting examples up on the blog. A few suggestions for future blog posts:

-Try and pull images that are identifiable (artist and date) so that everyone can use the opportunity to learn more about that artist.

- When you identify formal aspects of a work, make sure you define WHERE in the image those things are taking place. (For example, if there is fusion and continuity,where is it located? What elements are fusing?)

- When you use vocabulary words, be conscious of what they mean; brush up on the vocab by going over the powerpoint presentations about line and composition that I posted on black board to ensure that you have a good grasp of all the terms we have gone over in class.

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Below, I've included an example both of bi-lateral and radial symmetry. You can see that the canvas is divided in half, and that those two halves are symmetrical. Also, within those two halves there is concentric radial symmetry-- there is a clear focal point at the center of each set of squares. I pulled a definition of radial symmetry from the dictionary, which describes it as "the condition of having similar parts regularly arranged around a central axis". A good way to identify radial symmetry is to look for a centrally located focal point.

Frank Stella, Double Gray Scramble, 1973

Screenprint, composition: 23 3/8 x 43 1/8"; sheet: 29 x 50 3/4"