The authors/artists used the four principles of
design with both the text and the pictures.
Contrast is found in the use of different colored text, red, to show the
importance of the verse or to demonstrate the speaking of Jesus. The artist demonstrates repetition with the
consistent use of five colors (blue, yellow, red, orange, and green). The artist also repeatedly uses red and
yellow behind the head of Jesus on the cross to illustrate holiness. The red and yellow are also used for the wrap
around Jesus dead body in the tomb scene; this is repeated to represent
holiness. Alignment is demonstrated in
the symmetry of the columns of text and they are justified so that the columns
form perfect rectangles.
The importance of the elements of design was evident
in the Ethiopian Bible. I was able to
follow the story without being able to read the language. I could identify the important text and the
important characters through the authors/artists use of repetition and
contrast.
