Rhythm

[|Rhythm] in visual arts is an attribute of any object that is marked by a systematic recurrence of elements having recognizable relationships between them. In Architecture, much of the effects of a building will depend on the harmony, the simplicity, and the power of these rhythmical relationships.

A mere repetition of similar units equally spaced and without a defined beginning or a defined end is called an __ open rhythm __

__ the rhythm of lines __ : Such rhythms can be merely systematic variations of linear lengths or curvatures.



[|Spirals]: similarly have an interesting progression in the radius of the curvatures from small to large. The spiral is one of the most rhythmical of forms because of its combination of repeated curves around a focus and the continual progressive change in the radius of the curvature.