Principles of Design Research

My partner and I looked at the painting Dempsey and Firpo by George Bellows. I think that the main principle in this piece of art was movement, the artist showed movement in the painting he used implied movement by having one of the boxers falling out of the ring and the other boxer following through with his punch. Bellows showed emphasis by having the two boxers be the brightest, and biggest in the painting, which contrasted everything else which was smaller and darker, he also had them placed in the middle. He used proportion by making the people who were further away smaller and not as defined as the ones who were closer. He used balance in the painting by using asymmetry.