In spanish culture pieces of art tend to be more colorful. Back when the Egyptians were around many art pieces were big and grand, like the pyramids. American art varies from all types of different arts. Different cultures can play a huge role on what types of art are created. This has to do with both inheritage and environment.
Complementary is a color scheme using one base color and its complement, the color on the exact opposite side of the color wheel. The base color is main and dominant, while the complementary color is used only as an accent. A combination of one warm and one cold color is always created.
One technique is that the front objects are larger and lower than than the background