-the degree of closeness in the placement of elements
I feel like this image shows Unity through Proximity by having enough distance between each object and the viewer's eye is never stuck on one individual object. They are all glass jars. Some alike, some different. Which helps breaks up the piece so that it's not predictable but it is viewed as one image.
You might say the proximity (think of the word "approximate") of some jars help them to form sub groups of jars. The dividing lines of the shelf further that grouping effect.
ReplyDeleteUltimately proximity, or the closer something is physically to something else, the more likely they are to be seen as a single group.
Another example might be found in your dorm room. Your things, which may be varied in form (sports, school, clothes etc.) may be kept in certain piles of your room. Maybe even on your side of the room. The closeness of things in these piles informs your roommate that it's ALL your stuff not hers :)