(6) Gradually changing divisions

 

(i) Vertical and horizontal division

The gradually changing divisions are in contrast with the equal divisions. In a ward, they are the divisions in which the intervals of the dividing lines gradually increase or decrease. This is called "progression". 

The KOHSEI (Basic Art & Design) using the divisions with a dynamic and unified feeling are created because the intervals increase or decrease regularly. The degree of the change of an arithmetic progression is small. On the other hand, the rate of change is large in a geometric progression. This make us feel a pleasure that quantity changes with acceleration.

· In the illustrations below, the work of Lohse uses an equal ratio divisions in the vertical and horizontal directions. In other word, it is divided using a geometric progression. Thus, it give us some different feelings from the other two examples in the right. Though Richard Paul Lohse was working on graphic designs at first. Then, he became one of the representative artists in the current Swiss concrete arts fields along with Max Bill. He is a unique artist who has been exclusively working on arts by regularly diving a screen using vertical and horizontal lines.
 
 


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Figure 207: Gradual division using Fibonacci progression.
Figure 208: Symmetric change of order using the color groups of red-yellow and 
                        green-white by R.P. Lohse.
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209: Gradual divisions are used other than the small square.
Figure 210: Gradual division using an arithmetic progression.


 

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