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Proportional Direction
The axis of Lersch's taxonomy that identifies the dominant directional thrust of an arrangement's proportional mass - upward, downward, horizontally, diagonally, or equally in all directions.
“Proportional direction applies the active/passive line distinction to the whole composition - an upward arrangement carries active energy; a horizontal one carries passive calm.”
Proportional direction describes where the visual mass of a design is heading - its dominant spatial orientation. An arrangement directed upward has a different spatial logic and emotional quality from one directed equally in all directions. This axis connects active/passive line logic to the level of the whole composition: an upward-directed design carries the character of active lines; one resting horizontally carries the character of passive lines. The choice of proportional direction works in conjunction with the line system and order of the arrangement. Source: Lersch (300).
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