Unity is achieved when all parts of an artwork work together to create a sense of harmony and completeness. Elements and principles of design can be used effectively to achieve a feeling of wholeness or oneness. When an artwork has unity, it combines all of its parts into a single, cohesive whole. The document asks questions about identifying unity in various works of art through their effective use of design elements and principles to achieve a unified overall composition.

1. Principles of ArtUnity

2. Unity: Unity is the feeling of harmony between all parts of the artwork creating a sense of completeness. Unity is the quality of wholeness or oneness that is achieved through the effective use of the elements and principles of design. A totality that combines all of its parts into one complete, coheisive whole.

3. Where is the unity?Galatea of the Spheres, 1952 by Salvador Dalí

4. Landscape at Pont Aven, 1888by Paul GauguinWhat unifies this picture?

5. Where is the Unity here?Flower for Tacoma Dome, c.1982 (Blue and White) by Andy Warhol

6. Where is the unity?Farbstudie Quadrate, c.1913by Wassily Kandinsky

7. Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher

8. Zero-Nine by Jasper JohnsWhat two things unify this painting?

9. It’s just a portrait right? So what unifies it?Spring, from a Series Depicting the Four Seasons, 1573 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

11. The Dance of Youth by Pablo Picasso

12. Hmmm….Is there unity here?Zinc Doors by Franz Kline

13. Is this unified or does something stick out like a sore thumb?The Ambassadors, 1533 by Hans Holbein the Younger