Notan: A Japanese art/compositional term meaning 'Dark-Light'. It's the interplay of dark and light, positive and negative, and the implications of all opposites balancing harmoniously as one, in creating art.

 

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Notan: A Japanese art/compositional term meaning 'Dark-Light'. It's the interplay of dark and light, positive and negative, and the implications of all opposites balancing harmoniously as one, in c . . . View Full Definition

Negative Space: The areas of an artwork that are NOT the primary subject or object. Negative Space defines the subject by implication. See Positive Space, Notan, Gestalt

Gestalt: Gestalt theory states that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Creating effective designs depends on creating and balancing gestalt. Originally a therapeutic psychological theory . . . View Full Definition