The image is composed so that the negative space in the top
right area balances out the activity in the rest of the picture particularly
balancing out the opposing corner. One focal point of the image is the sphere
on the table; the eye is draw to this not simply because it is the clearest,
simplest item in the image, but because it falls on an intersection along the
rule of thirds. The image loosely follows this rule with the platform under the
drapery creating a horizontal at a third and the corner of the platform also
following along a vertical as made clear by the negative space between the two
shapes on the table.
From the main focal point of the sphere, the eye then moves
to the highlights on the dark cone shape, following it along then following the
contours of the folds down and off the table. From there the eye drifts into the
shadow following it off the page. Once the eye comes back to focus on the image
it returns to the cylinder, perhaps choosing to follow its highlight down the
draper on the other side. This path of eye movement across the diagonal bottom
left of the page is what makes the top right negative space contrast so necessary
to keep the balance.
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