Unity is a sense of wholeness or oneness that you perceive when the elements of a composition are arranged just right. The composition will feel balanced, complete, and harmonious, work that is not unified will leave you feeling uneasy or unsettled by the composition. Unity makes for a visually pleasing work of art. It relies on both the objects and their arrangement, as well as the colors used. It brings together the elements and principle.
Jasper John's Maps painting displays unity by his harmonious limited color choice. By choosing to only use primary colors (red, yellow, blue) Jasper Johns' painting gives the effect of wholeness.
As you can see unity is expressed in many ways in this painting. ONe is the colors, you can pick out every color on the rainbow by just looking at this picture. Another way you can see unity is from the hands reach out for each other and coming together as one.
Unity is a principle that makes art elements (color, line, shape, space, texture, and variety) work together to compliment and help each other. This picture shows a harmonious blend of all elements.
IRIES by Vincent van Gogh
IRIES by Vincent van Gogh
In this picture it shows many things happening at once. Every living thing is surrounding the big old tree, and if you look deeper in the picture it could mean that the tree is giving birth to these animals or creatures.