RHYTHM

Write 3 words that express rhythm on the image selected.



The rhythm in the image above is given by the trees and its shadow on the river. the three word for express rhythm are,

SHADOW SEQUENCE LIGHT.

Make sure you know the meaning of the vocabulary used in the exercises. Select 5 of the words and copy them to your wiki and illustrate the meaning with images.

.- RHYTHM: the ordered recurrence of elements in a composition.

.- UPWARDS: from a lower to a higher position.



.- TIGHT: closely constrained.



.- HEIGHTS: the vertical dimension of extension.



.- BAY SPACING: each space or interval between the frames of a steel building is a bay.



3.-  Rhythmical relationship expresses the systematical recurrences of elements.

Rhythm of repetition of spaces (windows, doors, arches, columns, wall areas). Rhythm of repetition of dimensions (bay spacing). Rhythm of repetition of differences. (Small to large and to small again producing a sense of swelling and diminishing)

Rhythms can be closed or open. Rhythms can be closed by changing the shapes of the units at the ends or by changing the size of the units at the ends.

Rhythms of linear length are repetitions of wall planes and supports, and alternations of closed and open views. Rhythms in line motions in curves.(the progression from a circle to an ellipse is based on a related change in the radius of the curvature.)

4.- **for architecture students:** identify the style, and briefly explain the use of rhythm



The Parthenon is a construction of Greek period, we can see in there the rhythm gives for the Columns, each column is a little separate from another column, that give us a sequence, a rhythm and a Corridors that permits the entrance of light and wind. The light it’s another thing that give us an idea of rhythm for the Shade on the floor.