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Balance Examples
Identify which type of balance is shown in each work of art: symmetrical, asymmetrical, or radial balance.
- What type of balance is shown?
© Warhol, Andy. Campbell's Soup Cans. 1962, synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two canvases, Museum of Modern Art.
Answer: symmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Luncheon of the Boating Party, 1880-1881, oil on canvas. Image is in the public domain.
Answer: asymmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
Kosi Gramatikoff, Kalachakra Sera (Tibetan Mandala), 2005. Image is in the public domain.
Answer: radial balance - What type of balance is shown?
© Lawrence, Jacob. Street to Mbari. 1964, tempera over graphite on wove paper, National Gallery of Art.
Answer: asymmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
African mask illustration. Image from iStock.
Answer: symmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
South Transept Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France, 1221-1230, stained glass. Image is from iStock.
Answer: radial balance - What type of balance is shown?
© O'Keeffe, Georgia. Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue. 1931, oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Answer: symmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
13th century bowl probably from Kashan, Iran. Rogers Fund, 1921, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image is in the public domain.
Answer: radial balance - What type of balance is shown?
Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Banjo Lesson, 1893, oil on canvas. Image is in the public domain.
Answer: asymmetrical balance - What type of balance is shown?
Staircase photograph. Image from iStock.
Answer: radial balance
