Glossary
Proportional Direction
The dominant directional thrust of an arrangement's proportional mass: upward, downward, horizontally, diagonally, or equally in all directions.
“Proportional direction applies active/passive line logic at the level of the whole composition - an upward design carries the character of active lines.”
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 category applies the active/passive line logic at the level of the whole composition: an upward-directed design carries the character of active lines; one resting horizontally carries the character of passive ones.
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