Balance:


http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/balance.html

http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/Compose.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_art

http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/bsymm.html



Alberto Giacometti:

http://www.albertogiacometti.com/

http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=2141

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/232887/Alberto-Giacometti


Alexander Calder:

http://www.calder.org/

http://calder.org/home.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/alexander-calder/about-the-artist/78/


California State Standards:



1.1 Identify and use principles of design to discuss, analyze, and write about visual aspects in the environment and in works of art, including their own.

1.3 Research and analyze the work of an artist and write about the artist's distinctive style and its contribution to the meaning of the work.

1.4 Analyze and describe how the composition of a work is affected by the use of a particular principle of design.

1.5 Analyze the material used by a given artist and describe how its use influences the meaning of the work.

2.1 Solve a visual arts problem that involves the effective use of the elements of art and the principle of design.

2.4 Review and refine observational drawing skills

2.5 Create an expressive composition focusing on dominance and subordination.