In studying my daughter’s Art Appreciation text (Prebles’ Artforms (9th Edition) (MyArtKit Series)
They are:
- unity and variety
- balance
- emphasis and subordination
- directional forces
- contrast
- repetition and rhythm
- scale and proportion
And, since this is the crazy way I normally think, I immediately wondered if the artists, or whoever it was, who “discovered” these principles were thinking about them as they relate to the nature of God. For example, in number 3, emphasis and subordination, Christ is, in all of life, both the One emphasized and the One who subordinated Himself to the Father.
But, on to something more practical that we can apply to our wardrobes today: Unity and Variety (or unity and diversity, from which we get our word University), also a description of the Trinity. Wearing a coat the color of your hair can create unity, but without some variety it will not be a pleasing composition. Think little old lady: beige coat, beige skin, beige hair.
I agree — I hate hate hate beige since i’m cafe au lait-coloured and have long golden-brown hair… if I wear any khaki at all, i become a huge mass of bland beige… not good! Some people can pull it off but they have some distinct feature to give variety — ie blue eyes, brightly coloured accessories, etc.