PROPORTION: A principle of design, it refers to therelationship of art elements to the whole and to each other. Often proportion is allied with another principle of design, emphasis. For example, if there is a greater proportion of intense hues than dull hues in a work of art, emphasis is suggested.
UTC +1. Catalonia [1] (Catalan: Catalunya, Spanish: CataluÃ±a, Occitan: Catalonha) is a nationality and autonomous community in the northeast of Spain. It borders France and Andorra to the north along the Pyrenees, the Mediterranean Sea to the east, Valencia to the south and Aragon to the west.
The Atlantic trade was in trouble because of the depredations of the English and Dutch. Catalonia was a self-governing province, ruled by a viceroy, that had been part of the Crown of Aragon since the Middle Ages. It was difficult to govern and in the reign of Philip II order had broken down almost completely.