Composition
In Figure 6.36, Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery shows an example of the fulcrum-lever approach to balance in the compo-
sition by the great master of the northern Renaissance, Rembrandt van Rijn.
The black and white illustration in Figure 6.37 shows the fulcrum lever in use in Rembrandt’s painting
Figure 6.37 The picture has two dominant elements balanced with each other. Art Resource, NY.
Figure 6.36 Rembrandt van Rijn often used informal balance in his paintings. Art Resource, NY.
119