Malevich - Suprematism

Element:

Point: 3 shapes: big yellow line, light blue line and dark blue square have cut a point.

Line: The main lines are big yellow and light blue lines to divide this image

Color: There are three main colors on this picture: red, blue (include light blue and dark blue) and yellow.

Shapes: have some shapes: circle, lines and square.

Gestalt concepts:

This picture is focus on gestalt proximity. There are four specific types of proximity relationships: close edge, touch, overlap and combining.

Close edge: The general concept is the amount of space involved relative. For this picture, red and yellow lines at the right bottom are closed as a group.

Touch: Some shapes seem to be attached together as red and yellow shapes at the left bottom. It is stronger gestalt than close edge.

Overlap: There are three colors on this picture: red, blue (include light blue and dark blue) and yellow. Many colors are used in this image to show the overlaps better. Moreover, this make picture more interesting.

Combine: It is combined all items together so there are no item alone. On this picture, the dark blue shape has some shapes around and under it, look like information explained for an image.

Principles of Design:

Balance: it is an approximate symmetrical balance. It is not really balance so the layout is more interesting.

Dominance: the position between big yellow and light blue lines.