In fact, it speaks of the “consonance of voices or instruments” as well as of a “combination of chords, that is, of simultaneous sounds that produce an impression pleasing to the ear and to the soul”. The first definition obviously has to do with the world of music, and we are not at all surprised by this. What is harmony in art? Let’s start with something simpler: let’s try to understand what is meant by harmony, browsing through the pages of the Treccani dictionary. The difficult thing is not so much to create works that are harmonious, but to understand what is, even before, in practice, harmony in art. We anticipate this: it won’t be child’s play. Well, it is on this last term that we want to dwell today, to help all novice painters to create more harmonious paintings. However, there are some concepts that are not so easy to understand, even for the most experienced artists.įor example, what are we talking about when we refer to the movement of an artwork? And when we talk about the rhythm of a painting, what are we referring to? What does the critic mean when, in defining a work, he or she emphasizes its rhythm as well as its variety? And – even more difficult – what do we mean when we speak of harmony in the face of a painting?

An artist is generally quick to understand what perspective is, or the three-dimensionality of a painting.

Opposite of harmony in art