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Line Direction as Rhythm
The use of directionally oriented materials - stems, branches, trails - to guide the eye through a design as the third principal tool of visual rhythm.
“Line direction is the most direct form of rhythm - it works through the inherent directing force of oriented material, not through repetition or gradation.”
Line direction is one of the three tools of rhythm. The line itself - a tall stem establishing a vertical, a sweeping branch creating a diagonal, a cascading trail implying downward movement - takes the eye from one area of the arrangement to another. It is the most structurally direct form of rhythm, working not through repetition or progressive change but through the inherent directing force of oriented material. Excellent use of line direction leads the eye vertically, horizontally, or diagonally through the design. Sources: Pampling (100, 230).
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