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  2. Unity in variety - Wikipedia

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    In aesthetics, "unity in variety" (sometimes "unity in diversity" [1]) is a principle declaring that in art beauty can come from the variety of diverse components grouped together thus creating a fused impression as a whole. [2]

  3. Circle of stars - Wikipedia

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    Carlo Dolci, Madonna in Glory, c. 1670, oil on canvas, Stanford Museum, California. A circle of stars often represents unity, solidarity and harmony in flags, [1] seals [2] and signs, and is also seen in iconographic motifs related to the Woman of the Apocalypse as well as in Baroque allegoric art that sometimes depicts the Crown of Immortality.

  4. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    Composition can apply to any work of art, from music through writing and into photography, that is arranged using conscious thought. In the visual arts, composition is often used interchangeably with various terms such as design, form, visual ordering, or formal structure, depending on the context.

  5. Art as Experience - Wikipedia

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    Art and (aesthetic) mythology, according to Dewey, is an attempt to find light in a great darkness. Art appeals directly to sense and the sensuous imagination, and many aesthetic and religious experiences occur as the result of energy and material used to expand and intensify the experience of life.

  6. Harmonia - Wikipedia

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    Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos, the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia. [ 2 ]

  7. Unity of opposites - Wikipedia

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    Thus, a unity of opposites is present in the universe simultaneously containing difference and sameness. An aphorism of Heraclitus illustrates the idea as follows: The road up and the road down are the same thing. (Hippolytus, Refutations 9.10.3) This is an example of a compresent unity of opposites. For, at the same time, this slanted road has ...

  8. Harmony - Wikipedia

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    Descriptions and definitions of harmony and harmonic practice often show bias towards European (or Western) musical traditions, although many cultures practice vertical harmony. [14] In addition, South Asian art music (Hindustani and Carnatic music) is frequently cited as placing little emphasis on what is perceived in western practice as ...

  9. Visual design elements and principles - Wikipedia

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