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by Henry Rankin Poore
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ISBN: 0486233588 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Learn principles of composition, classical and modern, through analysis of works from Middle Ages to present — Goya, Cézanne, Hopper, many others. Excellent discussion on the importance of balance, entrance and exit, circular observation, angular composition, etc. 148 illustrations, 9 in full color.
Table of Contents for Pictorial Composition: An Introduction
| I. THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCE | |||||||
| Balance of the steelyard | |||||||
| Rules | |||||||
| Scale of attraction | |||||||
| Vertical and horizontal balance | |||||||
| The natural axis | |||||||
| Apparent or formal balance | |||||||
| Balance by opposition of line | |||||||
| Balance by opposition of spots | |||||||
| Transition of line | |||||||
| Balance by gradation | |||||||
| Balance of principality or isolation | |||||||
| Balance of cubical space | |||||||
| 2. ENTRANCE AND EXIT | |||||||
| Getting into the picture | |||||||
| Getting out of the picture | |||||||
| 3. CIRCULAR OBSERVATION | |||||||
| Circular composition | |||||||
| Reconstruction for circular observation | |||||||
| Color plates | |||||||
| 4. ANGULAR COMPOSITION | |||||||
| The triangle | |||||||
| The vertical line in angular composition | |||||||
| Angular composition based on the horizontal | |||||||
| Line of beauty | |||||||
| Structural line | |||||||
| 5. COMPOSITION WITH ONE OR MORE UNITS | |||||||
| Two units | |||||||
| Three units | |||||||
| Groups | |||||||
| The figure in landscape | |||||||
| 6. LIGHT AND SHADE | |||||||
| Principality | |||||||
| Gradation | |||||||
| INDEX |