Elements and Principles – Balance and Emphasis Shiva Nataraja (Shiva as Lord of the Dance), Unknown Artist/Chola Period, Bronze, 900-1,200 CE. Collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.

Thus far in this series, I have discussed the question of what is art, two (2) elements of art, and some principles of design. Fundamental to all this, however, must be an understanding of the ...

Personifications of the principles of mercury and sulfur, from the sixteenth century. Credit: Wellcome Collection. More than two millennia before the periodic table was conceived, ancient ...

Factors influencing the proportioning of machine elements: stresses, deformations, and failure criteria as applied to shafts, springs, belts, bearings, gears. Who Takes It. Design of Elements is a ...