3D Elements

Symmetrical
The piece is equaly balanced at both sides. One side mirrors the other.

Claus Oldenburg - Profiteroles

Clause Oldenburg - Shuttlecocks

Claus Oldenburgs - Binoculars

Mark Jacobs - Spider

Lisa Clague - Muse

Asymmetrical
A lack of balance. The sides do not correspond or mirror each other.

Brancusi

Alexander Colder - S-Shaped Vine

Claes Oldenburg - Corridor Pin

Claes Oldenburg - Typewriter Eraser

Brancusi - Unknown

Radial
The piece forms outwards from a single focal point.

Brancusi - Masa Tacerii

Richard Sweeney - Icosahedron

Louise Bourgeois - Spider

Felix Gonzalez Torres - Unknown

Scale
The size of the piece

Claes Oldenburg - Saw

Louise Bourgeois - Spider

Jeff Koons - Blue Diamond

Paul Macarthy - Bush Head

Proportion
The relation of one part of the piece to another or the whole in terms of size, dimension, quality etc.

Louise Bourgeois - The nest

Louise Bourgeois - Observer

Alberto Giacometti - Man Striding

Alberto Giacometti - Dog

Emphasis
A prominance of a certain aspect that creates a sense of importance.

Brancusi - The Sorceress

Randolph Summers - Unknown

Magdalena Abakanowicz - Androgny

 

Contrast
Two elements with a piece that have different qualities. creating a sense of comparison.

Donald Judd - Untitled

Louise Bourgeois - Do you love me?

Michaelangelo Pistoletto - Venus of the Rags

Variety
A number of different things / elements.

Brancusi - Adam and Eve

Leonardo Drew - untitled

Rachel Denny - Ewe Sculpture

Repetition
An action, pattern etc that is repeated within a piece.

 Louise Bourgeois - The blind leading the blind

Brian king - Farmleigh Covergance

Donald Judd - Untitled

Rhythm
Movements shown by changing an aspect. 

Claes Oldenburg - Needle, Thread and Knot

David Harber - Monolith

Judy Chicago - Rainbow Picket