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14:   r rhythm - A visual tempo or beat. The [3]principle of design that
15-   refers to a regular repetition of [4]elements of art to produce the
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20:   In any [6]artwork, it is possible to distinguish between rhythm of
21-   [7]color, [8]line, and [9]form. In the continuity of the three comes
22:   the whole rhythm of that work.
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24:   Rhythm unites the [10]visual culture with [11]music, but in visual
25:   culture, rhythm is more evident in the [12]applied arts than in the
26-   [13]fine arts. In the former, it is often the foremost means of
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29:   Rhythm originated in the Greek word rhymthmos, meaning measured flow,
30-   which they passed into Latin as rhythmus, meaning movement in [16]time.
31-   Its first uses in English were literary, in reference to themetrical
32:   rhyming of verses. English speakers began to use rhythm concerning
33-   repetition of musical beats in the late 18th century, and about visual
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36-   Each [17]artist, every [18]period, every [19]culture produces a
37:   characteristic sort of rhythm. Recognizing a work's rhythmical
38-   peculiarities often aids in [20]identify the culture or [21]time in
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41:   Rhythm's importance can be demonstrated by noting how many important
42-   rhythmic cycles we observe in [22]nature -- consider the alternating
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45-   generations. Each of us has personal rhythms to our days, weeks, and
46:   years. Life, indeed, would be chaotic without rhythm. Participating in
47-   the tempo of this flow gives us excitement and calm, yearning and
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52:   There are several types of visual rhythm. These include:
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54-     regular rhythms - The background design behind this text has a
55:     regular rhythm. (In the following examples, let the letters A, B,
56-     etc. stand for visual elements of any sort)
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109:   Each of these types of rhythm might be altered periodically. [24]Music
110-   theory might be defined as the study of rhythms and their periodic
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112-
113:   Example of works displaying rhythm:
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131-     [32]motif of the round dance, used as a [33]symbol back as far as
132:     French [34]Renaissance, to represent the [35]rhythm and
133-     [36]expression of the 20th century. The spaciousness and expressive
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136-     and [43]resonance of the three colors -- red, blue and green. See
137:     [44]music. Dance, Matisse once said, meant "life and rhythm." See
138-     [45]dance, [46]music, and [47]movement.
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156-     see thumbnail to right Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940),
157:     [53]Rhythmisches (In Rhythm), 1930, [54]oil on woven jute, 69.6 x
158-     50.5 cm, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris. See [55]Bauhaus and
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200:     "Rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the
201-     soul."